Well as for the creatures coming after you, you have to learn to cast the
spells in moderation. Let the tanks deal some damage before you start
casting. And don't cast again right away. If you can get the timing right,
it is much easier and you have a lot less down time.
As for the Druid, I don't know their spells that well. But I do know that
Druids are mainly for outdoors, so my thought is, can she do that kind of
damage in a dungeon? Or is that spell an outdoor spell only?
-----Original Message-----
From: Jay Hollums [mailto:
jhollums@...]
Sent: Friday, June 11, 1999 1:17 PM
To:
eq_wizards@onelist.com
Subject: [eq_wizards] General new observations from a level 13 wiz
From: "Jay Hollums" <
jhollums@...>
Okay, I guess it is bad I come on here to give my observations, but here
they are:
Well I have discovered the wonders of doing the most damage to a Monster,
They come right at you. Hunt you till you cry, and then kill you, no matter
what your friends do to try to save\taunt\interpose for you. I have to
stand so far back that I don't even get the combat messages or sounds, and
that doesn't even work all the time. Yes I'm kicking ass and taking
names... but at what cost... (It was great when a dwarf was complaining
about me being in the group as a exp. stealer when I shocked of lighting
once too often and the monster left the party 100 yards back in preference
for me. :) shut him up quick *chuckle*)
Next I have discovered the POWER of the druids... What I'm about to relate
to you was fully observed and discussed with a druid in my clan... She at
14th level gets a spell called conflageration(sp) it does 65 points of
damage for 35 mana. 1.86 dam per mana. I do at level 13, 79 points of
damage for 60 mana. 1.32 dam per mana. We casted the spells at close to the
same rate... we timed 5 of mine to 4 of hers. How can we claim to be the
masters of anything after this little show of power? btw at the end of the
test she did 260 hps dam for 140 mana and I did 395 hps dam for 240 mana.
Fruther I would like you to realize that when I get to level 14 i'll do 1
more hps dam in a slightly shorter period of time. Not bad but nothing like
i would expect from the masters of damage that I expected and still do
expect the wizard to be. (she pulled a monster off of me with her spells
once and another time she pulled the monster on herself after a set of
spells [it saved vs 2 of mine I had cast doing only 36 and 39 respectivly])
(these were wolly calfs, and orc Mounteneers/shamans)
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