You're right, it does take us long to cast, and is very hard to time casts
at higher lvls. That's why if root doesn't work for me i'm pretty much
either going to be able to run successfully, or I'm going to die. But, it
is true that wizards cast faster than any other spell casters, so can you
imagine what it must be like for them? As for mana regeneration I don't
have a clue, hopefully we will get spells or something that will speed up
this process because it is terribly long. Do other classes regenerate mana
quicker than us?
Tandayen, Dark Elf Wizard
-----Original Message-----
From: Shane <
xscion@...>
To:
eq_wizards@onelist.com <
eq_wizards@onelist.com>
Date: Monday, April 19, 1999 11:55 AM
Subject: [eq_wizards] Everyone says we cast fast....
>From: "Shane" <xscion@...>
>
> I'm confused. I am a level 17 Wizard on Fennin Ro. I find that the
>only way I can nuke an opponent is to Root him first because it is utterly
>impossible to Nuke, say, Ambassador DVinn while he's piercing you. I am
>excellent at timing casts, and they just attack to fast for us to get the
>cast before their next hit, and most likely, they will. I don't see at all
>how Wizards cast fast, that's one of our fallbacks, the other is the long
>waiting times for mana regeneration. But no worries. There are things you
>may get that help restoration of mana. Back to casting... It's terribly
>slow, Flame Shock takes a LONG time to cast, and it is impossible to cast
it
>on enemies that can Duel Wield and Bash. Thankfully Root is there to save
>you, because Root casts relativlely fast, but Root hardly holds. And my
>Alteration is maxed. I have 142 INT, soon to be 148. I get 5 casts out of
>Flame Shock for 102 Dmg each on enemies with lower magic resistance. Ok,
>well, that was a fun chat. I still love my Wizard and would never give him
>up for any other class.
>
>
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