To his defense, I am level 20 now and also disillusioned with the wizard
class. I stubbornly keep my Force Shock memorized *just in case* even
though it is resisted most of the time. I have hunted in unrest ( which
often has 80 people and feels crowded at 40 people ) with people around
or below my level and it is very slow. I have yet to go to Lake Rathe
although I hear it is getting crowded now too.
Either way, if I were to start over, I would have created a Druid or
Shaman. Of course hindsight is 20/20 but I've invested over 6 realtime
days into my wizard and am too stubborn to give up on him. The spells of
the wizard are very limited. Sure we can do the most damage in the
shortest amount of time, but it's not THAT much more. But other than
that, we can teleport like the druid, and that's all!
So I guess, if you like to BLAST, MED, BLAST, MED, BLAST, MED then
wizard is for you. If you like to enchant stuff, summon pets, mess with
monsters minds, mess with NPC's minds, buff your party members,
transform into cool creatures, speed up mana regen, AND blast with a
little less damage than wizard then be an ENCHANTER!
Heres hoping that the patch adds some unique/interesting stuff to our
class :P Did anyone play a wizard in the beta? Did they always have
teleport stuff? just curious...
Croesus Illuminatus (Xegony)
Sergey Bukhman wrote:
>
> From: Sergey Bukhman <sergeyb@...>
>
> Robert Spelman wrote:
> >
> > From: Robert Spelman <madoc_ab_owain@...>
>
> > Let me explain - Verant hasn't implemented specialization skills or the
> > alternate planes,
>
> Yet.
>
> > we have almost nothing for armor or hitpoints,
>
> Are you saying there is something wrong with this, or that Enchanters
> have more?
>
> > our melee
> > skills are pathetic
>
> Ditto.
>
> > and our powers don't become greater than other classes
> > until 40-somethingth level.
>
> Incorrect. Wizard's DD spells are the best at any given level.
>
> > Plus, the single greatest way of leveling up -
> > killing har red mobs - is unavailable to us, because our spells are often
> > resisted completely by these creatures. So, instead of grouping with
> > powerful warriors to beat up on mobs that will actually give EVERYONE in the
> > group decent experience, we're relegated to trying to solo weak blues or
> > fight white and yellow creatures in a group for pitiful experience because
> > WE CAN'T TOUCH HARD MOBS LIKE EVERY OTHER CLASS CAN!
> >
>
> Totally FALSE! All spells are resisted when they are cast on creatures
> that are more than 5 levels higher than you. Enchanter's and Magician's
> too. And cleric's and shaman's too.
>
> You can cause damage to mobs that are not more than 5 levels higher than
> you, it's very simple. As far as colors - 4 levels above your should be
> red. So you CAN fight Reds. And don't forget that the melee classes will
> miss so much and be hit so hard that it is not very profitable for them
> to go against high reds as well.
>
> > I've watched every group I've run with pass me up in level. I've watched
> > characters started while I was at level 12 PASS ME at level 13. It's not as
> > though I never play, it's just that I CANNOT GAIN MORE THAN HALF A BUBBLE
> > EXP PER HOUR, on average. That's powergaming, soloing in the Karanas vs.
> > blue beetles and the occasional white/yellow.
> >
>
> No offense, but maybe you're just not that good. Yes, there is the
> chance that you make wrong choices or get stuck in bad groups. As I
> said, a bubble an hour is possible. And the Karanas are a really bad
> place for a level 12-16 alone. Especially wizard.
>
> Your anecdotal case is not viable as an argument as to the Wizard's
> capabilities.
>
> > Needless to say, I'm very frustrated in playing this class right now. The
> > only reason I remain a Wizard is stubbornness. Everyone says it gets better
> > at higher levels, but the fact of the matter is that we'll always be a
> > second-rate class unless Verant fixes specialization, plane travel and
> > spell-resistances of higher-level mobs.
> >
>
> You have doubts that specialization and the planes will be fixed?
>
> --
> Qenelin
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