At level 30, my Inferno Shock is doing 240, and my Thunder Strike is doing
250, and knocking the target backwards like those tentacle terrors used to
do to me. The thing Verant means when they say wizards are DD masters also
includes our casting and recovery time. Inferno Shock recovers quickly--
not only will you do more damage per spell than your cleric friend, you will
do it a lot faster, too. On top of that, beginning at 29, you will be able
to portal people around the world. I have heard many, many people express a
desire for that ability. I think the classes are pretty well unique as far
as their powers, so that how you like to play and what you like to do
influences people's conclusions about which classes suck more than the
native abilities of each class.

----- Original Message -----
From: Gregory Egan <gemd@...>
To: <eq_wizards@onelist.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 6:56 AM
Subject: [eq_wizards] Out gunned

> From: "Gregory Egan" <gemd@...>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I thought wizards were supposed to be masters of DD spells. I was with a
> level 29 cleric recently, and he has a spell (wrath) which was doing 198
> damage to my 178. Granted, I am level 27, but was still kind of shocked.
It
> was only a two level difference, and he had a better DD spell, and could
> melee too. And buff. And heal. I know at 29 I will get Inferno Shock, but
> this just makes my think that we should be doing more damage, or have
faster
> mana regen, or SOMETHING. Just another example of how Verant has made the
> wizard class suck.
>
> Greg (Kronan on Innoruuk)
>
> >