Beginner Wizard Questions

Splorf22 · #9 08-16-2013, 06:43 PM

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

Sakuragi, a warrior, usually did around 40dps in normal EXP fights.

That was with the Sarnak Warhammer/Silken Whip of Ensnaring, so nothing particularly uber. Now that I have the lightsaber power, Sak puts out maybe 60 or so. Last night in the hole (I love saying that) with a 70 point DS and both Bard and Enchanter epic haste my parser was spiking into the 90s even [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Also part of the problem wizards have is that they generate huge, huge amounts of aggro. In my experience tanking a melee will basically never pull aggro off a warrior if they are paying attention; its the bards and wizards who have trouble managing aggro. In fact I did some math and I'm really not sure how a wizard could even use the Velious uber bane spells.

Back of the envelope calculation: 3 minute fight, 4000 mana, +1000 regenerated mana, 5:1 damage/mana ratio = 25,000 damage / 180 seconds = 140 hate/second. Meanwhile my sperglord warrior weapon calculator suggests that an epic/shissar warrior with max dexterity puts out about 75 hate/sec, and one with an upgraded sceptre of destruction+blade of carnage about 90 hate/sec. Neither of those values is even close, and my understanding is that concussion is resistable, so good luck landing that on the Avatar of War.

Maybe I'm missing something <shrug>

edit: here is a parse from last night:

/GU Combined: A wanderer in 4757s, 835k @175dps --- An elemental capturer 317k @73dps (38.04%) --- Sakuragi 274k @58dps (32.86%) --- Kebartik 156k @36dps (18.72%) --- Lavarian 73k @16dps (8.78%) --- Gekab 13k @7dps (1.55%) --- Coeur 0k @0dps (0.03%) --- Winajil 0k @0dps (0.02%) --- Lighthawk 0k @0dps (0%) --- Fabumbus 0k @0dps (0%)

Kebartik is a 60 mage water pet; Lavarian is a 60 epic bard. Note that this counts the times when we weren't fighting, so its a fair comparison to a wizard. I did have that 70 point ds though, so Sakuragi is probably a bit under 50 without it. On the other hand, these were mostly L51-53 mobs so a wizard would certainly not be landing every nuke for max damage either.