Solo gearing options for a wizard?

[Bobjenson]

INT does basically nothing before level 30/40. Ench early game all you do is buff pet with haste/ac, tash mob, root mob, whack it with your staff once and backup so pet engages, slow mob and re-root as needed. With breeze at 16, leveling is a breeze. Once you hit 16/20/24 you just do the same thing with a charmed pet but no need to whack it.

Keep your target rootef and back up incase of a charm break.

Beside bard, it is literally the fastest and once you get used to it, it is very safe/efficient and only gets easier as you level.

[Toxigen]

pump it up

[Snaggles]

Technically you can just single kill your way to 60. How two of my melees got finished off.

Sure, it's much slower but opens up more camps. If you can tab over and kill something every 6 mins 40 seconds it's not 75% slower though than quadding. It's more attentive gameplay but those kills also happen quicker.

[tadkins]

Originally Posted by magnetaress [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You want to play a necromancer.

I don't, though. I don't like necromancers thematically and their epic is the goofiest looking thing in the world.

I just wish we could play the classes we want in this game without penalty. Wizard is what I identify as, and I can't change that. If we had a more accepting community here it wouldn't be an issue.

Originally Posted by Snaggles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Technically you can just single kill your way to 60. How two of my melees got finished off.

Sure, it's much slower but opens up more camps. If you can tab over and kill something every 6 mins 40 seconds it's not 75% slower though than quadding. It's more attentive gameplay but those kills also happen quicker.

Yup I have no problem with that. Made peace with it a long time ago actually when I realized that the few 55+ quad spots are gonna be massively contested.

[wuanahto]

Originally Posted by tadkins [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If we had a more accepting community here it wouldn't be an issue.

This is not a community issue, its a game mechanics issue
Just like with hybrids, non-cleric healing and other misc things. Wizards did not shine until Luclin

[greatdane]

Play the class you want to play. As long as you're aware of the wizard's shortcomings, but still want to play it, that's the right choice for you. Don't worry what others say, even though they're right about the class.

[tadkins]

Originally Posted by greatdane [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Play the class you want to play. As long as you're aware of the wizard's shortcomings, but still want to play it, that's the right choice for you. Don't worry what others say, even though they're right about the class.

I am playing what I want to play (wizard). I just wish being a wizard didn't also mean "you won't get to see Mistmoore until you can solo it at level 60".

[Snaggles]

Originally Posted by tadkins [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I am playing what I want to play (wizard). I just wish being a wizard didn't also mean "you won't get to see Mistmoore until you can solo it at level 60".

I soloed a wizard to 52 in HK on single spawn kills. I’m sure you can do that to 60. I’ve soloed 4 level 60’s on single blue spawns.

If you are pissed people don’t want wizards in groups don’t feel too bad. They don’t really want rangers, mages or necro’s either. Exp is slower in groups too. Even over most single spawn solo camps.

Embrace being a recluse. It helps.

[tadkins]

Originally Posted by Snaggles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Embrace being a recluse. It helps.

I have for the most part, just kinda wish I wasn't so lonely sometimes.

But anyhow my life is still basically wyverns, still getting exp at 55 at least. I plan to milk those for as long as it absolutely stops giving me any shred of exp. Not sure when that will be. After that I dunno where I'll go. Suits in WL are so super contested i'm not sure if those will be an option. May just do the 1 spawn and AFK thing as you suggested. Do you have any ideas there? All I really know of is the exile in Swamp.

Originally Posted by wuanahto [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is not a community issue, its a game mechanics issue
Just like with hybrids, non-cleric healing and other misc things. Wizards did not shine until Luclin

Right, but seeing as this is a 20 year old long conquered game, i'd hope that folks weren't so uptight about class choice.

[wuanahto]

Originally Posted by tadkins [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Right, but seeing as this is a 20 year old long conquered game, i'd hope that folks weren't so uptight about class choice.

This game was conquered because of min/maxing.
Warcraft Classic. Warriors and Rogues dominated due to knowledge of 9%+ tohit is elder god king
City of Heroes: Homecoming, due to previous knowledge of 45% defense when fully IO slotted is godlike, less Defenders, Masterminds and Controllers
Star Wars Galaxies: Emu, Mind-damage classes dominate because only two ways to heal Mind damage and that shit comes with longass cooldowns and detrimental effects/wound damage. Also WAY more fucking combat medics this time around due to lesser-known-then diseases and poison damage.
Runescape, more people have defense vs armor trimming


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