Verant IMHO has done an *outstanding* job of balancing
the game and the various classes. With this in mind I seriously
doubt they would "neuter" the wizard class or make any changes at all
without serious forethought.
But I do think we might see these kind of downgrades (along with
upgrades) pretty often. MUDs do this all the time, and EQ is
a lot like a MUD. Verant seems to pay much closer attention to game
balance than UO ever did, thats a good thing.
With all that said, my guess is that if they do lower the high-
end wizard damage, then they'll give wizards something else to
make up for it. I have to admit the kill-stealing thing is a
valid complaint - it IS easy for wizards to steal kills. But
looking at the evidence so far, having played in beta, I'd say
Verant knows what they're doing and I trust them not to screw
us over.
Just my 2 copper,
-Steve
>
>From: "John Cuyle" <johncuyle@...>
>
>My opionion is wait and see. I mean, if we KNEW this was going to be in an
>upcomming patch, then feedbacking ahead of time would be fine to ward it
>off. As it stands right now, we would likely just be filling the feedback
>cues with messages asking them not to do something they weren't going to do
>anyway and wasting time that would be better spent fixing actual problems
>with the game. Of course, that's just my opinion.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: McCartney, Michael R <michael.r.mccartney2@...>
>To: <eq_wizards@onelist.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 10:54 AM
>Subject: [eq_wizards] Re: Hideous rumor...
>
>
>> From: "McCartney, Michael R" <michael.r.mccartney2@...>
>>
>> So.. should we all wait to see if its just a rumor? or should we all
>petition today stating that it would ruin the game for us? Opinions
>please.
>>
>> Drev
>>
>> > ----------
>> > From: John Cuyle[SMTP:johncuyle@...]
>> > Reply To: eq_wizards@onelist.com
>> > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 11:04 AM
>> > To: eq_wizards@onelist.com
>> > Subject: [eq_wizards] Re: Hideous rumor...
>> >
>> > From: "John Cuyle" <johncuyle@...>
>> >
>> > This is nuts. Wizards have it tough already getting to high levels.
>Until
>> > lvl 12 or so you are effectively a magician with no pet (and therefore a
>> > pretty weak magician.) If they hurt wizards offensively there would
>have to
>> > be some change defensively to offset it. I mean, wizards only real way
>to
>> > survive is nuke the critter into oblivion fast enough that it can't take
>> > down your paltry hit point pool through your nearly nonexistant AC. I
>> > seriously think this is just a rumor, though. EQ is balanced to be PvE,
>and
>> > a Wizard is, in general, not better off than any other classes. I mean,
>at
>> > high levels you may be the only one who can solo a Hill Giant, but after
>you
>> > do that a young lion could maul you because it takes all your mana to
>kill
>> > the giant. I think the drill here is remain calm and then if they gimp
>the
>> > wizards flood them with polite feedbacks on why this was bad. Heck,
>Wizards
>> > were gimped right near the end of beta, too, and feedbacks seem to have
>> > improved that situation.
>> >
>>
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