Did I make a mistake by choosing to play wizard?

[Decad]

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

Do you guys have evidence for this? I've heard that it doesn't work when resisted. It's easy to confuse these two situations: 1) you not causing additional aggro by wasting a few seconds casting Concussion and having it resisted, so when you nuke afterwards and don't pull aggro it seems like Concussion worked, and 2) Concussion actually working on a resist. Has anyone tested it on this server as mentioned above?

Works. Try it on emperor chottal. As for trying on raid mobs it can be quite "difficult" currently as most raid mobs fall very fast before you can pull off the test. Velious will bring you the mobs to test as they have alot more HP.

[Estu]

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

Works. Try it on emperor chottal. As for trying on raid mobs it can be quite "difficult" currently as most raid mobs fall very fast before you can pull off the test. Velious will bring you the mobs to test as they have alot more HP.

Update: I just tested Concussion with a cliff golem. I pulled it with staff of temperate flux, had a buddy shoot it with an arrow so it was still chasing me but he had some aggro. I cast Concussion. Golem resisted but went after buddy anyway. So I guess it does work on resists! Learn something new every day.

[Velerin]

Glad to hear it does on p99 since it was key on live. Surprised how many p99 wizzies don't even have the spell let alone know it works when resisted.

[sox7d]

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

see title. I was attracted to their high burst damage but after browsing the forum it seems people think pretty lowly of wizards. Could some of the more experienced players offer some clarification on this? Should I reroll? I'm fine with being useless for my low and middle levels, but I'd at least like to be useful at the higher end/raid type stuff. Seems like the general consensus here is that even when wizards are useful, someone else can do it better.

Wizard was my first character on this server four years ago. Here's my take.

You are not cut out for grouping. I've made spreadsheets and shit. The math just isn't there. Your sustained damage is way more garbage than "nuking down in emergancies" and stuns will benefit. At level 60, your most mana efficient nuke is ~3.6 damage per mana. Druids and Magicians get ~3.2 damage per mana. It's a fucking joke. I am the most fervent, mouth-frothing voice in favor of inviting hybrids and anyone LFG in the "play the class you want" thread, and I still don't invite wizards.

Be a burden to society by grouping until you can quad around ~30, take up a hobby like guitar or art or some shit and prepare to get good at it, because a quad every 10 minutes is the best way to go. Pro-tip: Wood elf guards at 52 are amazing quad exp, never camped and drop 11pp each. Don't be a pussy, do that camp.

Do that till 56 then hit Chardok AE till 60 where you can start selling proxys and making bank. As far as raiding, you do have the highest raid DPS, especially during Velious, so enjoy that.

[Arclyte]

It's not classic, but I feel like wizards should be getting crits at lvl 12 like they did when luclin first came out

[Evia]

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

It's not classic, but I feel like wizards should be getting crits at lvl 12 like they did when luclin first came out

I am big on everything staying as classic as possible. However, I have to agree with you on this one.

[Daldaen]

Wizards, Rangers and Druids were all fixed with their raid and group roles come PoP with AAs.

PoP was the pinnacle of EQ. Hope to see this server make it there one day. It was the shit.

[Estu]

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

Wizards, Rangers and Druids were all fixed with their raid and group roles come PoP with AAs.

PoP was the pinnacle of EQ. Hope to see this server make it there one day. It was the shit.

PoP killed the big world and community feeling with those dumb PoK books and the dumb PoK zone having everything you needed in one place.

[Daldaen]

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

PoP killed the big world and community feeling with those dumb PoK books and the dumb PoK zone having everything you needed in one place.

Sounds a lot like EC. Except everyone expects my druid or wizard to port them wherever they need to go.

Planes were big and everything being in one place was nice, gave people somewhere to congregate, sell, skill up TSes, train, buy new spells and quest. PoK's community was fantastic. Great staging ground for any level of grouping as well.

[iruinedyourday]

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

Sounds a lot like EC. Except everyone expects my druid or wizard to port them wherever they need to go.

Planes were big and everything being in one place was nice, gave people somewhere to congregate, sell, skill up TSes, train, buy new spells and quest. PoK's community was fantastic. Great staging ground for any level of grouping as well.

Yeah but a different game altogether than classic Eq