I am a Gnome Wizard and have 133 in base int even tho i put 5 points in dex when making my char. and if you calculate the difrence in mana to 140 in base int it aint that big. Ok mana for us is kind of importat but i think with good strategy anything can be done!..
/Askur Gnome Wizard of Veeshan
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Fr�n: James Guintu <
james@...>
Till:
eq_wizards@onelist.com <
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Datum: den 30 juni 1999 02:56
�mne: Re: [eq_wizards] Race diference?
>From: "James Guintu" <james@...>
>
>IMHO the Erudite makes the best wiz. All races do well in groups but I solo
>90% of the time. When soloing, for me, its all about mana as I dont get hit
>unless I want to melee a bit. With the highest starting int, the Erudite
>can have the highest int of any of the races. I started my Erudite with 140
>int. I didn't know exaclty what I was doing at that point so I didn't max
>my int at 142. Not that big a deal... Anyways, with some decent items my
>int is now at 165 and i know i can easily get it to 180 with a few more
>items. My total mana at level 29 is 1060 compared to 870 without wearing my
>equipment. 190 mana or about 20 percent(one bubble) extra mana makes a huge
>difference. This is very significant when soloing as it often means the
>difference between taking down that yellow or attacking those two blues.
>Also the Erudite has a very high stamina stat. This is very important to me
>in that I play on Rallos Zek and two Flame Shocks(lvl 29 DD 237 dmg) will
>very nearly kill me whereas it might kill another race. This has been the
>difference between other wizzies and I when going head to head...
>
>Euros Arcane
>Rallos Zek
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Stokes [mailto:Mark.Stokes@...]On Behalf Of
>mstokes
>Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 7:31 AM
>To: eq_wizards@onelist.com
>Subject: Re: [eq_wizards] Race diference?
>
>
>From: mstokes <mstokes@...>
>
>>
>> what you think about other races?
>>
>
>All I can say is that I love my Gnome. Right now my Int is only 130, but
>with a
>decent group I'm never using more than 20% mana in a fight anyway (unless
>things
>get ugly). I've gotten my Dex up to 101 and at level 12 I regain
>concentration
>at least once every 2 fights. That is when the mob gets to me :). High
>dexterity and intelligence is great for trade skills. I'll gain 2 skill
>points
>for every three to four attempts while baking and brewing, and have a
>success
>rate much higher than the spoiler boards predict. I certainly hopes this
>holds
>true when it comes to spell research. I think Gnomes will hold a very clear
>advantage in this area. I just wish we had more choices when it comes to
>our
>robe selection.
>
>Cheers
>Malkin
>
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