[Messianic]

Originally Posted by Torven [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Anybody who says wizards are a viable DPS class either doesn't parse logs or joins terrible groups with very low uptime.

I played a wizard from day one March '99 until '04. I also rolled a warrior from Kunark to '04, and boxed them both everywhere. At no time did my wizard, or any other wizard, outdamage my warrior in non-aoe exp group situations. Not even in PoP. I had arguments with wizards on Graffe about it, because most people are incompetent and don't understand the concept of uptime. Learn to pull before mobs die to keep your melee swinging as much as possible.

Wizards are the only class that gets worse the better your group plays. Wizards need downtime to recharge, and if you play well enough to not have downtime, then your damage relative to the total damage done by the group declines. So, if you're a terrible player and you group with terrible players, then a wizard just might be for you.

If a wizard is not casting PBAoE spells on many mobs or nuking raid mobs, then a wizard is doing some of the lowest damage in the game. Only a cleric does less damage. That said, wizard damage on raid mobs is quite respectable starting in Kunark, especially in PoP. However spell aggro and resists on P99 are worse than they were on live so wizards are in even worse shape here.