Wizard DD spells do a little more dmg than other caster's up till 20, then
we sore. But the whole time a wizards casting time is less than that of the
other casters, as well our spells are better mana/dmg ratio.
Tandayen, Dark Elf Wizard
-----Original Message-----
From:
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Date: Sunday, April 18, 1999 5:54 PM
Subject: [eq_wizards] Re: --==SPOILER==-- Well Wizards might get powerful
but at lev 14 the y are still weak
>From: dayne@...
>
>On Sun, 18 Apr 1999 21:01:17 +0200, you wrote:
>
>>Hail Fellow Wizards
>>
>>My name is Oonagh i play on the E'ci server
>>
>>I am a devouted Wizard.. Don't get me wrong , but as a reply to Greg
>>(Kronan)
>>I would say:
>>
>>All caster class can do as much damage as a wizard until lev 15 at least
(I
>>am only 14 )
><snip>
>>Hang in there fellow Wizard, we WILL rule the world *snicker*
>>
>>Oonagh the Gnome Wizard
>
>I offer up this information from the EQ newsgroups most controversial
>poster, but I believe the information is as good as it gets. I'd like
>to add the questions though that are the other casting classes DD
>spells as mana efficient as the Wizard? I always seem to be able to
>cast many more spells than they can...
>
>Here's Anj's take on the Wiz hope it helps some of you:
>
>>The Wizard class in EQ is a hard sell to anyone until
>>they get around level 25 or so. Then you start to really
>>become one of the finest classes to play in EQ. As you
>>level and progress towards that level, you will begin to
>>get a sense of what is possible.
>>
>>First, your abjuration, evocation, etc. skills are second to
>>no other class, including Magicians. Your channeling will
>>progress to the point where you cast nearly instantly. The
>>Magician will NEVER get that fast.
>>
>>Also, you will use less mana per dmg point than a Magician
>>or any other magic user, and hit with casts for more dmg points
>>as well.
>>
>>In the mid- to high twenties you will start to get good, for a pure
>>caster, armor and melee weapons, though melee is only a hobby
>>to your profession of nuclear destruction. You will constantly
>>irritate the walkers, as you will come to call them, by instantly
>>flicking invisible, or across the field in a Shadow Step random
>>port that takes 1 second to cast, or to any of the world's major
>>zones with but a cast.
>>
>>Sure, you won't be able to summon food or drink, but I bet the
>>group's Cleric will give you all you want, since you will be the one
>>protecting her on the back row while she concentrates on the
>>tide of battle and the front row's health. In fact, you won't be a
>>good Wizard if you participate in most battles. Your job will be to
>>conserve precious mana for the important casts. The Griffin is
>>about dead but flying out of reach back to 3 other Griffins to get
>>help. CRAAAACCCCKKKKKKK BOOOOOOOMMMMMMM goes
>>the Wizard and the Griff drops without getting away. The Warriors
>>are really glad you'd saved your mana for that big cast.
>>
>>What I'm saying is the Wiz becomes the nobility of the spell casters.
>>You are an Erudite Wizard, the most awesome of the Wizards. You
>>probably have, what, 140 intelligence? Mana in the 400 range ? One
>>day you will cast Force Bolts over and over in rapid fire and use almost
>>no mana ! Let that goal motivate you !
>>
>>You will be able to group teleport, a complement to the Cleric's
>>high level group invulnerability when it becomes necessary to
>>remove the entire group from a disaster in the making. Assume
>>the red dragon is pulverizing your 6 members and you know
>>you will all die. The Cleric steps back, shouts "QUIT FIGHTING",
>>casts her group divine aura spell, and now the dragon can't hurt
>>anyone anymore for 30 seconds. The Wiz jumps up, and starts
>>a group teleport spell to, say, Greater Faydark Gate. When the
>>gate holds, the invulnerable spell fades, but you are gone from
>>the dragon's grasp anyway. See the potential ?
>>
>>Nothing packs the punch of a high level Wizard. The ONLY solo
>>kill of a Giant with witnesses and screenshots was a Wizard as
>>far as I know.
>>
>>Anjelika
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