You won't see any major difference in dmg until lvl 29+... then we begin to
shine. And another thing, you DO NOT use your most power spell as soon as
you reach that lvl for it. Sit back and throw your previous most powerful
spell at the baddies and they won't come at you.
>From: "Jay Hollums" <jhollums@...>
>Reply-To: eq_wizards@onelist.com
>To: <eq_wizards@onelist.com>
>Subject: [eq_wizards] General new observations from a level 13 wiz
>Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 13:17:16 -0400
>
>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)
>
>
>Next, Wizards are AWSOME at learning skills. We all choose some of the
>highest int scores we can get so that we have the most mana, but this also
>gives us the fastest skill increase rates of anyone. I get all my skills
>maxed out after about 15 to 20 attempts of the skill (5 points) at a 142
>int. Now this is great! But what value does it hold for us? So we max
>our
>skills before we get half a buble of exp into our next one? This reminds
>me
>of the 'we do the most damage' thing but if we try to 'do the most damage'
>we are monster enemy number 1!(well before the monster is dead I might add)
>
>Ah yes the one good trend I'm seeing, Level 12 brought new found respect.
>I
>can find a group fast now... very fast(some may be that I joined/started a
>Guild). I think the fact that I stand a mile away and draw in the monster
>has a demoralizing effect on our tanks and makes them understand that we
>are
>now dealing more damage than they can. At least it is a love hate
>relationship, they hate us because they love what we can do.
>
>oh well I'll report more after I hit 16th+ :)
>
>RutreeII
>Cazic-Thul
>
>
>
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