At Crossroads. Need advice

Hyden_Brook - Heavens Tear
Hyden_Brook - Heavens Tear Posts: 36 Arc User
edited December 2009 in Wizard
I'm a level 10 wizzard, have been distributing 1 str, 1 Dex, 3 mag for LA buld until lvl 9.

Last night, I encountered difficulties in killing the lvl 9 wolves, when my gush was not able to slow them one bit. Needless to say, a lot of kiting and was hit each time I stopped to gush the wolf.

Shall I stop adding dex and go arcane?

or how do I improve my kiting skills?
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  • _DangerouZ_ - Lost City
    _DangerouZ_ - Lost City Posts: 13 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    id jus continue what ur doin, some mobs r harder than others and i remember them wolves suckin too
    fire, water, or earth.....my definition for death from natural causes xD
  • Mumintroll - Heavens Tear
    Mumintroll - Heavens Tear Posts: 3,393 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Hyden_Brook - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    I'm a level 10 wizzard, have been distributing 1 str, 1 Dex, 3 mag for LA buld until lvl 9.

    Last night, I encountered difficulties in killing the lvl 9 wolves, when my gush was not able to slow them one bit. Needless to say, a lot of kiting and was hit each time I stopped to gush the wolf.

    Shall I stop adding dex and go arcane?

    or how do I improve my kiting skills?

    What build are you building? LA(light armor), or AA(arcane armor). I would go with LA and at lv. 85+ I would restat to arcane. So If you building LA, you have to put some points to dex and strength, to wear LA armor. Your survivability will be better than AA, but you will hit less. At beginning is very important to take some hits not 2 and will be death as a AA. Always remember, playing wizard is the hardest role in game, but at the end we are most powerful class and every1 will afraid of you. But it take years to build your character. But it worth it.b:victory As we telling in our country. Patience brings roses.b:pleased
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  • Kristoph - Lost City
    Kristoph - Lost City Posts: 2,016 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Your build has nothing to do with your ability to slow... going arcane would only mean you'd do slightly more damage and take more damage as well.
    Wondering how much longer these **** packs are going to be around.
  • MagicHamsta - Lost City
    MagicHamsta - Lost City Posts: 10,466 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Kristoph - Lost City wrote: »
    Your build has nothing to do with your ability to slow... going arcane would only mean you'd do slightly more damage and take more damage as well.

    fixed ish.
    b:thanks

    yep what your problem be.....your gush level is too low.
    leveling up your gush skill will raise your % to slow.
    (^.^)
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  • Hyden_Brook - Heavens Tear
    Hyden_Brook - Heavens Tear Posts: 36 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    I have tried out the kiting method, still got a hit or two from the mob, but with Stone barrier, it isn't that bad, but mana still running down faster than before.

    For faster mana regen, I got myself water barrier for meditation / fire for hp regen (to minimize use of pots) if I need to. Perhaps, even pick up apothecary b:pleased

    Also, I'm maxing my 3 basic skills when they come along. Thanks for the tips everyone.

    Building a wizard is slightly easier than an archer because of the initial duration of slow if it (procs). If it doesn't .... a hit or 2 is understandable. b:laugh
  • Dvalinn - Lost City
    Dvalinn - Lost City Posts: 100 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    At 19, you get Divine Pyrogram, which is your first big nuke, and a good opener on mobs.
    At 29, you get Distance Shrink, which is an immense help with kiting.
    At 39, you get Will of the Phoenix, which pushes back most mobs (get hit less).
    At 49, you get Force of Will, which interrupts the enemy and will make mobs turn and run for a few seconds.


    Being a Wizard pretty much gets easier as you level up. For me, like the first 30 levels just sucked. b:surrender
  • MagicHamsta - Lost City
    MagicHamsta - Lost City Posts: 10,466 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Dvalinn - Lost City wrote: »
    Being a Wizard pretty much gets easier as you level up. For me, like the first 30 levels just sucked. b:surrender

    whut???
    1-10 easy as heck.
    10-20 easier
    20-30 slightly harder
    30-40 easier again.
    40-50 easierer then level 1-10!
    50-60 even easier then 40-50!
    70-80 even easier and more fun then 50-60!

    ....did me mention me Divine Pyrogram is level 1.b:shocked
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  • Hyden_Brook - Heavens Tear
    Hyden_Brook - Heavens Tear Posts: 36 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Dvalinn - Lost City wrote: »
    ...
    At 29, you get Distance Shrink, which is an immense help with kiting.
    ....

    I'm looking forward to DS as it will help immensely on the kiting part. b:victory

    To be frank, I think the challenges will come at lvl 20-30 where the mobs are kinda stronger in terms of HP.

    I bit the bullet and went through it before on archer, so it should not be different this time round.

    @MagicHamsta: I want to get a hamsta pet b:laugh
  • Griene - Dreamweaver
    Griene - Dreamweaver Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    MagicHamsta - Lost City wrote: »
    whut???
    1-10 easy as heck.
    10-20 easier
    20-30 slightly harder
    30-40 easier again.
    40-50 easierer then level 1-10!
    50-60 even easier then 40-50!
    70-80 even easier and more fun then 50-60!

    Is 60-70 kinda blah, or did you just miss it. I'm coming up on it (still only halfway through 50-60), so I'm just curious.

    At 20-30, I thought about rolling another class, but it does get easier as you get closer to 30. I think it just suddenly seemed slow right at 20.
  • JanusZeal - Heavens Tear
    JanusZeal - Heavens Tear Posts: 3,852 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Hyden_Brook - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    I'm a level 10 wizzard, have been distributing 1 str, 1 Dex, 3 mag for LA buld until lvl 9.

    Last night, I encountered difficulties in killing the lvl 9 wolves, when my gush was not able to slow them one bit. Needless to say, a lot of kiting and was hit each time I stopped to gush the wolf.

    Shall I stop adding dex and go arcane?

    or how do I improve my kiting skills?
    It depends on how well you can play an arcane. The misconception is that because you have an LA wizard that means the extra protection is what helps you kill, when in fact it makes you rely on crappy crit rates at crucial low levels, but mostly take much longer to grind out your quests, i.e. repairs on top of your pot costs. An arcane wizard is not difficult. Just about every squishy/mag class is hell until you can get WOF/FOW, so gush is your best friend. Your earth attacks will just about always be your hardest hitting common spell. Because of all the pts you put into STR/DEX, however, it would be pointless to just "go arcane" as you will now be a gimped arcane until you re-stat. The good news is you are only level 10 and it takes very little time to get that. Just make a new wiz if you are deciding to go arcane unless you wanna pony up coin/zen for reset notes.
  • MagicHamsta - Lost City
    MagicHamsta - Lost City Posts: 10,466 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    Hyden_Brook - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    @MagicHamsta: I want to get a hamsta pet b:laugh

    b:cry no~~ me don't want to be sold into slavery. b:shocked
    Cholla - Harshlands wrote: »
    The hamster ran through 60-70 so fast I think he forgot about those levels.

    60 is easy easy easy. (And so is 61, level 61 forever! :)

    When you complete your 59 cultivation, you get your advanced spark eruption and 100 extra chi and essential sutra. When you reach level 60, you can equip an ancient arbor and get better armor. You also have a lot of air monsters which are easy to kill and give decent experience. And your quests are not too bad either.

    For me, 60 has been much much much easier than my 40s or 50s (but I have a lot better gear now, also, than I did back then).

    xD
    yesh me forgot....except that one annoying mystery in the swamp or something quest.
    b:sweat
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    Kantorek: Yeah.. you should try it. It's awesome.
    Sihndra: Nope- not currently possible under any circumstances. Sorry.
    LokisDottir: I mean...not haunting the forums, nope nope..
    Konariraiden: You don't know what you are up against. You will lose.
    Waiting for...Hamster Packs!
    58% chance to get tokens
    41% chance to get an all class pet hamster....but they has already been freed by the magic hamster.
    1% chance to get ban hamstered with the message "Hamsters United!"
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • Hyden_Brook - Heavens Tear
    Hyden_Brook - Heavens Tear Posts: 36 Arc User
    edited December 2009
    JanusZeal - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    It depends on how well you can play an arcane. The misconception is that because you have an LA wizard that means the extra protection is what helps you kill, when in fact it makes you rely on crappy crit rates at crucial low levels, but mostly take much longer to grind out your quests, i.e. repairs on top of your pot costs. An arcane wizard is not difficult. Just about every squishy/mag class is hell until you can get WOF/FOW, so gush is your best friend. Your earth attacks will just about always be your hardest hitting common spell. Because of all the pts you put into STR/DEX, however, it would be pointless to just "go arcane" as you will now be a gimped arcane until you re-stat. The good news is you are only level 10 and it takes very little time to get that. Just make a new wiz if you are deciding to go arcane unless you wanna pony up coin/zen for reset notes.

    Hi, thanks for your input. b:cute I'm doing better on LA than Arcane. As you have said, these are the crucial levels where I am learning this class.

    On lucky days (weekdays), I can kite without getting hit. But on weekends, where the lag is horrible, being a LA means I can take a hit or more and not dying. I think the purpose of being Arcane or LA is the same, and that is not to die and lose exp. b:laugh

    I will only re-stat at lvl 90. b:victory

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