Should I retire my 60 wizard?

sox7d · #1 05-01-2014, 02:46 PM

Grouped seb last night with my three stuns, sunstrike and c2 and bard, and it didn't seem it mattered how well I interrupted or reserved mana, it was a joke compared to any melee's sustained dps. Thinking of just stripping my character and rerolling. wtf were they thinking with this class, they had two fucking expansions to fix it. Someone give me a reason not to.

Yumyums Inmahtumtums · #2 05-01-2014, 02:49 PM

I no rite?

My warrior was unable to charm in Chardok last night. Games broken

Scikala · #3 05-01-2014, 02:49 PM

I thought Wizards were burst, not sustained DPS...so you shouldnt expect to be on par with melee.

Plus the mobility/evac is nice...

sox7d · #4 05-01-2014, 02:51 PM

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

I thought Wizards were burst, not sustained DPS...so you shouldnt expect to be on par with melee.

Plus the mobility/evac is nice...

Sure there was a benefit of being able to burn down adds when there were overpulls (I always keept a 70-80% mana surplus), but the marginal benefit of that as NOT worth how much slower mobs went down during singles given just another melee.

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

What two expansions? Do you raid? Take a break and come back in Velious sir/madame.

I imagine I could raid, get my extra ~400-600 mana from raid gear and woopdie poop I can suck with prestigious gear and an extra nuke at FM. (oh and epic for that +1/tick)

Clark · #5 05-03-2014, 09:22 PM

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

I thought Wizards were burst, not sustained DPS...so you shouldnt expect to be on par with melee.

Plus the mobility/evac is nice...

This. Also better on raids than in groups. More versatile in group for PvP with ports and burst DPS.

webrunner5 · #6 05-03-2014, 09:31 PM

You have to remember the very first person to make it to 50 on Red was a Wizard. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Messianic · #7 05-03-2014, 10:17 PM

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You have to remember the very first person to make it to 50 on Red was a Wizard. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Red's a different animal, and quadding for exp 55+ is so tedious as to be demoralizing.

::Quad::
::1% exp::
::~8 minutes elapse::
::Quad::
::1% exp::

Yonkec · #8 05-01-2014, 02:51 PM

What two expansions? Do you raid? Take a break and come back in Velious sir/madame.

Lojik · #9 05-01-2014, 02:51 PM

ur wiz can be pretty effective with minimal investment. If you got expensive gear on him, probably better suited on a twink you can have fun with.

webrunner5 · #10 05-02-2014, 12:02 PM

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ur wiz can be pretty effective with minimal investment. If you got expensive gear on him, probably better suited on a twink you can have fun with.

What he says. Other than quad kitting they really don't need any gear to speak of. And even then it is just stuff to get a bigger mana pool and a little more HP.