Show me your spellbook!

[Alifeyl]

I am a level 14 necro, and I haven't been able to find a way to organize my spellbook that I really like. How do you have your spellbook organized? What do you do when you get a batch of new spells? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is only going to get worse as I get more spells, so I need to get my act together soon! Thanks in advance for your ideas and suggestions. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Feymora
Human Necromancer

[Kainzo]

Honestly, since you can save spell defaults in the new UI - there is no need to organizer it in any way. Just save different spell loads..

Buffs
Main
Healing
CC

etc.

Generally there are 6-8 different line of spells for each class. I usually put the old lines in the back of the book.

[ooantipostoo]

Right click spell gem slot FTW.

[Malrubius]

I always copied ALL my old spells (the ones being replaced with something new) way to the back of my book. So the stuff in the front part of the book was always current

Then I'd have it organized into groups similar to what Kainzo mentioned.

For example on my old chanter in classic, I think I had something like...

Page 1,2 -> Buffs
Page 3,4 -> Offensive spells (nukes, dots, root)
Page 5,6 -> Charm/Pet/pet buffs
Page 7,8 -> Crowd Control
Page 9,10 -> Utilities
Page 11,12 -> Illusions
Page 13,14 -> Tradeskills and Misc

Then I had a bank of hot buttons...
"Buffs" would map to /book 1
"Offense" would map to /book 3
etc.

Not strictly necessary anymore due to the new client, but I still try to keep it organized like this.

[guineapig]

Same here. Whenever I scribe a spell that is a total upgrade to a previous spell, I move it all the way to the back of the book. The exception to this is if if the old spell still has its uses in which case I will just push it back to my lesser used spells.

The format I usually follow:

page 1: Buffs that can be cast on anyone
page 2: most commonly used detrimental spells
page 3: self only (or pet only) buffs
page 4: lesser used or situation detrimental spells (like AoE spells)
page 5-6: Illusions (if a chanter), ports (if druid or wizard)
page 7-8: tradeskill spells, summon spells, etc.


Obviously this will vary greatly depending on class.

[Thrymm]

Have always done the same as the two posts above. Moved the spells to the back out of the way, but also use the save spell/load spell lists depending on the situation.

[nalkin]

The way I do it is I put my spells in exact order by level and then alphabetically. So my level 50 spells are all the way at the end of the book and my level 1 spells are at the front. If I don't buy a particular spell I leave a gap where it should go for when I do get it. It was actually a little upsetting cause at level 20 I missed one slot, so when I hit level 50 I realized something was off and I had to shift all my spells.

[astarothel]

Put mine in order of spell effect, then level. Different effects go on different pages (unless there's not many of that type). The only exceptions are gate and bind on page 1.

[girth]

I know I don't have as many spells as most casters since I'm hybrid, but every new spell level for me, I just go to a different page.

Level 9 spells on page 1, level 15 spells on page 2, etc.

[jilena]

My necro has so goddamned many spells his are all messed up. My clerics are a bit neater. Both of them though I have the most commonly used spells on the first two pages.