i totally don't agree with the partial resist partial mana thing. that's
utter bullshit. here's the thing, in real RPG's mana wasn't a physical thing
taht could be y'know, seen, it was the actual wizards stamina.
think of it this way:
casting a spell takes energy away from a wizard (kinda like hitting a home
run in a baseball game, you're tired after you do it.) the bigger the spell,
the more exausted the wizard got, as he became experienced, he grew stronger
and gained more stamina.
the problem:
the wizard casts the complete spell (says the magic incantation....)
THEN the spell hits! no matter how much the spell hits for, the wizard still
said the same words and devoted the same amount of energy towards shooting
the spell off. end of story.
-----Original Message-----
From: Wizard <
wizard@...>
To:
eq_wizards@onelist.com <
eq_wizards@onelist.com>
Date: Thursday, August 26, 1999 2:18 PM
Subject: [eq_wizards] Gz post this on gaff read all pls
>From: Wizard <wizard@...>
>
> A viewer sent me this reply he received from GZ concerning the balance
issues
>with the classes, Wizards in particular. I apologize to the submitter for
>taking so long to post this, but I wished to get GZ's permission to do so.
So,
>here it is in all its glory.... please take all discussion to the Rant
message
>board. Thanks!
>Geoffrey Z
>: "I honestly feel that most spell casting classes are pretty well
balanced.
>Wizards complain a lot that they don't have the versatility at higher
levels -
>but I also get an equal number of e-mails from Druids, saying that they
wish
>that they were more specialized. They feel that people would rather have a
>Wizard then them - since a Wiz can do more damage, and a Cleric is better
at
>healing. At this point, I feel that most magic classes are very well
balanced -
>we won't be changing much in the future with what spells / the power of
spells
>that the casting classes get. Most people won't be happy with this - they
feel
>that their particular class is underpowered. But for every class we tweak,
>other classes feel that they are now worse (we up the Wizard damage, give
them
>new spells, then Druids feel that they are no longer needed. We let Wizards
>have DoTs, and then Necros and Shamans say they aren't needed, etc.). We
are in
>a pretty good balance state right now... Geoffrey C. Zatkin"
>
>
>* my comment *
>
>I think that it is imposible to belive he compares us a hardest class to
play
>at low lv, at middle lv and only at high lv we get a normal play what other
>classes have from start with a druids wich realy have a easiest life at
start
>of all clases, normal middle lv wich they can KITE all time, and normal at
>higer lv.
>
>
>
>
>2 message is from a EQcasters
>
>� I also put this to him about Wizards: Wizards don't really seem to
be
>the ultimate damage dealers they should be. They just chew through the mana
too
>fast for the damage they do. The other classes can do the equivalent damage
>with maybe a few hundred more mana spent all up. A lot of wizards feel that
at
>high levels they don't have the pure blasting power they imagined a level
50
>should have.
>
>His response: Wizards are the ultimate damage dealers for damage done in a
>short
>period of time. In this area, they have no rivals - hands down. Ice Comet
cast
>twice does more damage in 13 seconds that most other casters can do in
twice
>the amount of time. Is this useful in all situations? No. Does this mean
that
>the Wizard class is uniquely qualified to save the party when the situation
>gets bad? Yes
>
>* belish comment *
>
>Keep in mind this comment on wizards is focusing on Level 49 and 50
Wizards.
>The fact that Ice Comet is unbeatable is all good and well, but with Plane
of
>Fear now almost impossible I don't know how sustainable it is, since
getting
>the spell is now a major hurdle
>
>*my coment*
>
>Yes only if i dont miss lord nagafen is a 63 lv guy so if 50 lv * 1.2 is 60
>wizard cant scrach him as it will resist all he is over a balance
resistance
>table . Chasic thule is now over this lv also eheheh so my friends what we
can
>do?
>
>PETITION ALL
>
>1. lower resistance or 2 different DD spels for lv so we have ammo for our
>spells if a mob resist one we can have other to use. ( it can be done
easily in
>place of one of two lines of AE spells.
>
>2. on partial resists used only partial mana !!
>
>3. We cant have more mana as there is danger that we will Kill steall more
then
>give us a faster mana regeneration !! If monks have his primary skills 7 *
lv
>cap we can have same for meditation !! Warrior is our exact oposit and they
>have big hit points now they have also criticals and we need to get lower
>resistence and also faster mana regeneration to compensate what we are
without
>pets, buffs.
>
>Thanks all coment welcome
>
>Silverion Dragonirder
>
>High elf wizard (against all statistics eheheeh)
>Fenin Ro
>
>http://www.tip.it/wizard
>
>moderator mailto:_EQ_magic@onelist.com
>
>
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