Druid v Wizard

[Feanol]

Back again with my opinions! Prepare!

While I'm open to the fact that a Druid when casting his whole arsenal of DoT's/Nukes/Damage Shields/Pets is capable of more damage outright, it is exactly this hodgepodge that contrasts the Wizard's specialty = Instant, massive DPS.

Considering the point many here are making that Druids do so many other things than direct damage (healing, snaring/crowd control, buffing, maintaining a charm), when it comes down to a MoB needing to die the Wizard is better prepared.

The Wizard is not worried about the hitpoints of his group-mates, their buffs, pets... He's there for a single reason: blowing creatures into a thousand pixels. He's not dedicating his manna to any other purpose, other than a few roots more for personal safety than anything.

A smart Wizard plays almost like a Cleric. Tossing out nukes here and there when appropriate, but really saving his manna for when shit hits the fan and a certain MoB or MoB's need to be killed as soon as possible.

Best stun-lockers in the game after Paladins/Clerics too!

Just two different playstyles, not very easy to compare.

[bum3]

So.. by the last few posts you can say if you are chemical imbalanced play a wizard?

Emotionally stable play a druid.

[Nibblewitz]

Now that you have chosen to play either one of the second rate classes, you have to ask yourself: Would I want to yield a leaf blower or a cattle prod?

[Lhancelot]

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

Be a druid. They are literally everything a wizard is and more. Whoever says wizards are better for "endgame raiding" doesn't have a wizard, or wants to stare at a wall in ToV spamming TL.

Good luck getting dragon's bane / giant's bane. Even if you do get them, it's pointless.

The guy above me talking about a wizard killing 8 mobs is lying.

Be a druid.

I'm lying? As I quadded wyverns in Cobalt Scar on my 54 druid I chatted and watched a wizard pull wyverns from the Skyshrine tower, it was 7-8 wyverns.

Also telling the guy a druid is everything a wizard is and more is not true.

They are very different classes and if I wanted a dps in a group but only had a druid and a wizard to choose from I would pick the wizard.

I personally enjoy the druid class more than the wizard class, but that being said I still wouldn't tell someone to not consider playing a wizard if they had an interest to do so.

[Ravager]

I quad kited on both druid and wizard. I quadded all the way to 60 on my wizard. It's slow, but ideal for ultra casual play. I found wizard kiting to be far easier and faster than druid kiting because of the TFlux staff. I could afk for an hour, come back, click on jboots, run out click 4 mobs, group them, snare them and burn them down in under 5 minutes. Druid quadding takes considerably longer since you're trying to group snared mobs. Druids do have an advantage in finding the blue mobs nearby with track, and with the snare clicky, wolf form clicky and lightning clicky can perpetually quad mana free at level 45+, but that's slower still.

Wizards only get bothered for ports. Druids get tells from across the zone for buffs.

Druids have more options of where to solo with charm capabilities.

Either will have the same troubles /LFG, but either can build their own groups cuz ports.

Of course, after I got my Wizard to 60, I quit it and started another alt, cuz outside of porting and nuking there isn't anything to do with a wizard.

[Lhancelot]

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

Wizard Pillar spells are max 4 targets, just like druids AE. Nobody picks a wizard for DPS in groups.

I'm telling you this as a level 60 epic wizard in gear that you will never obtain.

Let me clarify this so it's easy to understand.

I watched a wizard pull 7-8 mobs on each pull, snare them, and then have the efficiency to kill them all on that pull. Obviously a "quad" spell only lands on 4 mobs hence it's called "quad" for a reason.

On my druid I couldn't pull two sets of 4 mobs and quad them because the druid quad spells simply are not as efficient as the wizards. On my druid I pull 4, quad them, and sit and med for the next set. That wizard would pull 7-8 mobs, kite and kill them, then sit and med.

Any group that is looking for dps and had to choose between a wizard or a druid is going to pick a wizard. 100 out of 100. Druids do NOT do DPS better than wizards.

IDGAF if you got an epic wizard or not, btw. Painting the wizard as badly as you are looks retarded.

[RDawg816]

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

Any group that is looking for dps and had to choose between a wizard or a druid is going to pick a wizard. 100 out of 100. Druids do NOT do DPS better than wizards.

That's not accurate. If the group is going somewhere the druid can charm, they will be way better dps. Also, wizard dps isn't great, so a lot of groups would take the druid since they have buffs and can also snare (and even harmony is helpful.)

I personally enjoy playing and grouping with wizards, but they are not picked over druids as much as you claim.

[Lhancelot]

Originally Posted by RDawg816 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That's not accurate. If the group is going somewhere the druid can charm, they will be way better dps. Also, wizard dps isn't great, so a lot of groups would take the druid since they have buffs and can also snare (and even harmony is helpful.)

I personally enjoy playing and grouping with wizards, but they are not picked over druids as much as you claim.

That's true but in all honesty I am thinking of while leveling up. This guy is starting out new.

Maybe at 60 a druid holding charm for dps is viable, but how many charm spots do you know of for druids below 60 where a group will invite a druid to hold a charm? I can't think of any.

[Jimjam]

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

That's true but in all honesty I am thinking of while leveling up. This guy is starting out new.

Maybe at 60 a druid holding charm for dps is viable, but how many charm spots do you know of for druids below 60 where a group will invite a druid to hold a charm? I can't think of any.

Kill a shaman, charm its pet. Works in many zones. Not great dps, but better than nowt!

[Rang]

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

That's true but in all honesty I am thinking of while leveling up. This guy is starting out new.

Maybe at 60 a druid holding charm for dps is viable, but how many charm spots do you know of for druids below 60 where a group will invite a druid to hold a charm? I can't think of any.

Kedge, perma, solb, and chardok come to mind for sub 60 Druid charming in groups. Wizzies are great for killing 32k hp dragons quickly. Playstyle will dictate what class is best for OP, but if first starting on P99 Druid prob the wiser (bad dum tiss) choice. If your heart pines to be a wiz, roll a wiz then. P99 all about your own journey through the realm of Norrath.