Mages are up shit’s creek I guess

[Tethler]

Thoughts and prayers

[greatdane]

That's what you get for playing a class with a pet that's stronger than players.

[Baler]

I told people Mage was going to be the fastest leveling class and they weren't bad in classic. *sigh*
Enchanter was 2nd in my prediction due to the secret trick(s)

[Dirkdaring]

Sounds like you need to make practice runes , to increase skill level, while farming vendors looking for the mats required to actually make the spell.

just like countless other mages have done for the last 20 years , myself included .

Practice Rune info is at the bottom, you need to craft the runes in the research book, separately, then combine them in the elemental grimore to complete the rune for skill ups, Good Luck .


https://wiki.project1999.com/Skill_Research

[Dolalin]

You didn't bet on my classicquest skills, Baler.

[Baler]

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

You didn't bet on my classicquest skills, Baler.

I'll concede to you Dolalin, your loot. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[fugazi]

iirc wizards struggle to quad without research and need to either kill vox or research for their top spell.

Struggle? You simply can't quad without your research quad spells.

[Ligma]

Well, they will be really good in a couple of weeks when there's a critical mass of components. Right now, if you choose mage to race to 50 you're gonna hit a wall.

[Baler]

I duoed on and off with a wizard, from when they were level 3 to level 16.
Wizard is much more useful in classic than velious. They get Root at level 4!!!
And their DD spells do well against the low hp classic mobs.
During classic they're welcome in my group.

doh this is a mage thread, ummm pets! er earth pet gets root, later..

[skorge]

Originally Posted by derpcake2 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is nonsense and you don't have any proof for it.

They didn't add mage pets to vendors to remove a "brake", they did it because it was broken and borderline unplayable.

First of all I am glad the staff at P99 chose to implement how a mage works at classic. I am the main one that called for mage changes as I played a mage at launch, one of the very few. Big up to Dolalin for researching everything and providing proof.

Secondly to respond to your quote, there is actual proof of this from an interview with Brad in 1999. Brad himself referred to these changes an actual "enhancement" to the mage class and not a bug.

Finally, in actual vanilla classic, research skill was busted. In other words, it was IMPOSSIBLE to obtain a pet post 20 for 2.5 months in EQ. You are lucky they chose to have research actually working at these levels.

The amount of enemies I made on these forums when I first posted this stuff about mages was insane, lol...but in the end it's all about making the server more classic. Being a mage at launch was a totally different experience than it is on blue. You should be embracing it and looking at it s a positive thing. This all goes away in 2.5-3 month range. You can say you were part of a small group who had to research their pets as a mage. This is a good thing...you are experiencing being a mage in real 1999 (minus pets having casting spells which Green 2.0 will probably fix).