Why do Wizards get so much hate?

[Tuljin]

Belly casters with AOE spells can wreck Wizards pretty badly, so it depends on the mob.

I mean for all the Wizard hate floating around out there, there's a reason there were at the very least 50-60 new level 60 Wizards that were Chardok AOE powerleveled in the past year. There was around 50 on the server before it really became a serious operation around the beginning of 2014, now theres well over 100 - which is a highly disproportionate number relative to the total number of Wizards that have been rolled.

What began initially as a plan for a certain guild to get a bunch of Wizards quick and easy has become a plan for other guilds to get a bunch of 60 Wizards quick and easy. Lets keep scratching our heads thinking about this one, ladies and gentlemen.

[Gregor]

Well when I mention Wizard hate I primarily mean group play. Of course they're amazing in kunark raids but I don't think that holds up in velious.

[Nazareth73]

Hsagra's Wrath and Porlos' Fury.

[Whirled]

http://wiki.project1999.com/Category:Quests

^Looking for Wizard.... ok, W... warrior....uh....

• Wizard Epic Quest
• Wizard Kael Armor Quests
• Wizard Plane of Sky Tests
• Wizard Skyshrine Armor Quests
• Wizard Spells (Evil)
• Wizard Spells (Good)
• Wizard Thurgadin Armor Quests
  
  not too much to choose from

[Nirgon]

Stamina aka endurance isn't working here.... yet

That should balance the groups scene a bit

[Teneran]

Originally Posted by Nazareth73 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hsagra's Wrath and Porlos' Fury.

From my experience on Live, Hsagra's Wrath isn't so great because it seemed to have huge aggro. We'd pull the giant off the MT routinely with that spell. On the other hand, Porlo's Fury was awesome. Because it's not resistable you can stand out of AoE range and chain cast; for some reason the mechanics were such that the aggro seemed very very low.

Wizards are definitely useful in Velious from my Live experience.

[Tuljin]

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

not too much to choose from

You left out the Growth and Mischief sets which actually have some very nice pieces. There is Blue Diamond resist gear in Velious as well as some good other HP pieces.

All of the uber Velious gear everyone has their tightey whiteys in a bunch about is All/All and drops off the toughest mobs. Wizards will be low on the list for these items, and guilds will want their main tanks and melee DPS with them. A very very small percentage of players will have these, and they are already claimed. Other than that if you look at all the other Velious gear you'll still find some BIS that is from Kunark.

That and people generally have no idea how to gear an INT caster, hence the abundance of Wizards on this server well over softcap and even hardcap.

[Whirled]

Hey thanks for the extra info. (=
Hopefully my uber-casualness wont hinder my chances but obviously, FCFS

[Vellaen]

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

Stamina aka endurance isn't working here.... yet

That should balance the groups scene a bit

My main on live was a warrior. I still remember asking for "zings" from clerics and enchanters, and preferring the Augmentation line of haste for the bonus to stamina regen (and the AC). Also shaking my head at the folks who used Wurmslayers: "Why would anyone want to use a weapon that heavy?"