Wizards! Do you regret it?

[Nirgon]

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

dodging sarnaks.

The only thing I was dodging was the named gorilla.

I pulled out by the bee hives and quadded bees, giants and the non named gorilla. Gotta be real careful, he will piss in your cereal.

[Skope]

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

Raptors at 52 (not vicious raptors) are approximately 1.5% exp per quad, which takes up roughly 90% of my mana bar (with 203 int and +190 mana in items). Spirocs are only slightly better, since they take 55% of my mana per quad and are about 1% on average, although sometimes higher if I get a good set of blues. BW is a little more, but not much, and the time you take actually finding mobs and dodging sarnaks makes it slower than Spirocs (since Spirocs just sit around in the same place like morons and don't aggro).

Sorry, that's not very fast. It's not terrible, but a good group is faster.

Yea, I did spirocs until 53. Though it certainly slowed down towards the end it was still quiet and decent exp. You should really go for pillar of lightning before you try raptors as they have >4khp. I did entrance to KC (ravishings n' ragers) to 55 because raptors is so busy -- was quite nice.

You want to steer away from BW. Too many roamers and few safe places to med. Often wound up having to spend more time dodging roamers then I did quadding and killing stuff.

[Messianic]

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

Implying a good group is guarunteed? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Just playin' you a little on the comment don't freak out. Here's the deal...

Most groups I've had experiences with have a "gotta go" every 2 hours or so, no two players are on the same schedule. Then there's the down time of looking for certain classes etc with a seb key or are waiting outside the bubble no less. Mention of Karnor's XP is omitted because I always made less there than doing almost anything else.

But my point I guess I'm trying to make, is I had a higher play time and could bank on consistent/measurable XP and could bank on the fact that I was completely self reliant. My AFKs didn't piss anyone off etc.

Now, also, will a group take a 57+ wizard over a 51 rogue with "lesser gear"? These are also points to consider. You'll get groups but for grinding out mobs fast, I yield to a well geared rogue being a grind machine.

That said, whenever I was called to Seb for xp or pvp, I always went..

I agree with ya - that's why i do solo. Groups are erratic and it can be frustrating to make every effort and not get one.

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

Yea, I did spirocs until 53. Though it certainly slowed down towards the end it was still quiet and decent exp. You should really go for pillar of lightning before you try raptors as they have >4khp. I did entrance to KC (ravishings n' ragers) to 55 because raptors is so busy -- was quite nice.

You want to steer away from BW. Too many roamers and few safe places to med. Often wound up having to spend more time dodging roamers then I did quadding and killing stuff.

Thanks - Yeah, I might stick to Dreadlands for a while after i hit 53. That was my experience in BW as well - it was okay, but actually finding 4 mobs without aggroing extra junk or aggroing while medding was a pain.


Then again, I might just grind my 40 necro instead :P

[Nirgon]

You can also solo high keep nobles / bards [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

PS: I'm not hearing any of that faction nonsense today!

[Muleworth]

"-Rain spells are HIGHLY underrated. They are perfect for casting and then medding while damage continues to hit the mob. Some wizards think that because they are aoe spells, that they should be used for multiple mobs....but the best use for these are when you have a single mob in camp. If no resists the mob will drop real fast!"

Second this. The only time I've really felt like a bad motherf-er on my wizard is pre-kunark doing AE at the royals in sol B.

Everyone's too conditioned to mez/cc adds and fight 1 mob, AE groups are great stuff.

[Nirgon]

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

"-Rain spells are HIGHLY underrated.

On PvE servers =).

Wizard isn't a poor class choice to roll, and in Velious you'd be suprised the difference between a wizard heavy guild and a wizard light guild.

What really governs your choice of class to play should be play time and how many people you are rolling w/.

[Atmas]

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

On PvE servers =).

Yeah it was a blower when rains and AoEs hit members of your own group or raid. I remember on TZ being excited the first time I realized I was in all team group.

I have trouble recalling but I feel like they didn't make the change for raids to not be hit until way late, something like Luclin or PoP.

[PearlJammzz]

Wizards, once AA's come out, are one of the single best classes to play. I have seen one solo take raid XP from 40 other ppl all grouped up. They get AMAZING with AA's, and really come into their own in Velious. Right now they are AMAZING for raid targets (trak) but not as amazing as a rogue in a group.

They are far from useless and GREAT if fighting caster mobs (chain interrupt, woots!). AMAZING for raid targets, and pretty decent utility. Most amazing EQ class? Not at this point. Worthless? Far from.

If this server goes into Luclin and beyond (AA's) I will be going back to a Wizard. They become demigods, no joke. You just have to have the AA's

[Atmas]

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

Wizards, once AA's come out, are one of the single best classes to play. I have seen one solo take raid XP from 40 other ppl all grouped up. They get AMAZING with AA's, and really come into their own in Velious. Right now they are AMAZING for raid targets (trak) but not as amazing as a rogue in a group.

They are far from useless and GREAT if fighting caster mobs (chain interrupt, woots!). AMAZING for raid targets, and pretty decent utility. Most amazing EQ class? Not at this point. Worthless? Far from.

If this server goes into Luclin and beyond (AA's) I will be going back to a Wizard. They become demigods, no joke. You just have to have the AA's

This post just brought back some memories. I remember I would go to raids and avoid joining groups (this was prior to raid xp) until I had to so I could get sweet xp. After a while though I would get spammed with invites whenever I showed up for a raid.

AAs definitely did a lot for Wizards, and those improved damage items mmmmm. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Trelaboon]

Well, in spite of all of the negative things i've read, I decided that my heart was into a Wizard. I never tried one in live, and the ports sound fun and tempting, so despite what most of you have said, i'm gonna be playing one. The name is Dravex, and i'm level 15 now, look forward to suffering along through this classic experience with the rest of you gluttons for punishment (Wizards). =D See you in game!