Wizard or Psychic?

jukestoph
jukestoph Posts: 2 Arc User
edited April 2010 in Wizard
I'm having a little trouble making up my mind as to which class I want to play. My brother-in-law is a Blademaster (so don't want to step on any toes here). In primary contention I have a Barbarian, Cleric, and... I'm not sure which I prefer between a Wizard or Psychic.

Which hits a single target harder?

Group?

Which as the more visually impressive spells?

How soon can we expect the Tideborn to be brought up to speed?
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  • runemine
    runemine Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I don't have to much experience with them both my wiz and psychic 20 and under so have no played to much but my opinion is

    Wiz

    Great high level skills and aoe skills

    Psychic

    Strong attacks

    really i don't know either them well to much but can say 1 thing about wiz it can die alot i never use my charms out every character i have but when di my wiz had to so if up for that con its a good choice
  • Mizzzzz - Sanctuary
    Mizzzzz - Sanctuary Posts: 17 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    runemine wrote: »
    I don't have to much experience with them both my wiz and psychic 20 and under so have no played to much but my opinion is

    Wiz

    Great high level skills and aoe skills

    Psychic

    Strong attacks

    really i don't know either them well to much but can say 1 thing about wiz it can die alot i never use my charms out every character i have but when di my wiz had to so if up for that con its a good choice

    Wizard if u like to kill things fast with Magic:) and our skills look really sweet after 59+xD
  • Helbear - Heavens Tear
    Helbear - Heavens Tear Posts: 179 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Ive tried both classes and clearly stuck to my wizard.

    Wizard have a range of weapons to use and have alot more skills to help with leveling. The 59 skills are awesome for looks and damage.

    My Psychic only got to level 25 before I got bored. From level 1 to 29+ you basically have 2 skills to spam with moderate damage as they only have 1 weapon type to use they can't maximise damage by switching weapons. Psychic has been compared as the fist user of the casters, lower damage but cast faster.

    I personally think that wizards are better because I can drop mobs easy and BH runs are fast.
  • Ursa - Dreamweaver
    Ursa - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,634 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    and after 95 with a BB you can tank both Eden and Brim , also Styg in 79 if you have decent HP (I don't think Linus and Brig were ever a challenge since under BB I can tank/AOE both at the same time - *loves DB ).
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  • _Cristian_ - Lost City
    _Cristian_ - Lost City Posts: 42 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    idk how you say that mages kill things fast

    takes 3 seconds for 1 spell...
  • Mumintroll - Heavens Tear
    Mumintroll - Heavens Tear Posts: 3,393 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    idk how you say that mages kill things fast

    takes 3 seconds for 1 spell...

    Of course. 3s for spell. But they channeling just 1 spell.b:laugh No more spells necessary.b:chuckle
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  • brownflamer
    brownflamer Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    idk how you say that mages kill things fast

    takes 3 seconds for 1 spell...

    Never been one shotted by a wiz......have you? b:chuckle
    PS......I'm half-joking b:mischievous
  • Must - Lost City
    Must - Lost City Posts: 555 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Never been one shotted by a wiz......have you? b:chuckle

    Oh but u wil my friend, ive been one shotted by me leader on duel(Elayne) and im pretty sure i have much more hp than u...
  • MagicHamsta - Lost City
    MagicHamsta - Lost City Posts: 10,466 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Oh but u wil my friend, ive been one shotted by me leader on duel(Elayne) and im pretty sure i have much more hp than u...

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  • brownflamer
    brownflamer Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Oh but u wil my friend, ive been one shotted by me leader on duel(Elayne) and im pretty sure i have much more hp than u...

    lolz I didn't mean it like that

    I was saying to the guy/girl I quoted that the reason he said what he said is because he has never been one shotted by a wizard....

    Do you get it now?
    PS......I'm half-joking b:mischievous
  • Destini - Dreamweaver
    Destini - Dreamweaver Posts: 198 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    I've played both. My psychic's level 87 and I noticed a few things...

    1) The transition was smooth for me. Psychics have elements of wizard in them, including the water/earth elemental spells. I guess you can say that they are wizards with faster channeling.

    2)Faster channeling isn't always a good thing however--wizards have the mana pool to handle the mana costs of the spell (wellspring ftw). Psys on the other hand...well, mine has over 8k mp, but even the heal at level 10 is like 600 mp--grinding/questing is hell unless I have concentrate orbs. However, because of the faster channeling, **** dies just as fast.

    3) I live a lot more on my psy. I can literally count with my fingers how many times I've died on my psychic. Whereas on my wiz, I can count with my fingers, toes, and about 10 other people's fingers and toes. Yes it's that serious. Although, I will admit that my 46296329649237696 deaths as a wizard has played a role in my survivability on my psychic.

    4) While a wizard's dot's are not the best, a psychic's dot's hurt. Like a lot. On regular mobs, they do 1.3k a tick (haxxxxx). In PvP, not sure how much, but I used both dot's on a barb and he was dead really fast. Best part--no matter if a psy has on black or white voodoo...the dot's do full damage. Haxxxxx.

    5)Another similarity is that while wizzies have stone barrier (constant phys def booster), a psychic has white voodoo (defense level booster at the expense of attack). While I won't kill as fast as a wizard with white voodoo on, they won't hurt as much either. On the flip side, psys have black voodoo, and with it on, they can hit pretty effing hard. Granted, not as hard as a wizard, and without it, psys will never hit as hard as a wizard, but still...owww!

    So will I keep my wizzie? Or will I keep my psy?

    I love my wizzie. That's my first love and you never get over your first love. However, I want to really compare damage and the like for an end game psychic. Hence, she's going to be leveled to at least 100.

    (Read: I can't decide!)
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  • Teppeii - Dreamweaver
    Teppeii - Dreamweaver Posts: 1,206 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    I know of a lvl70 Psy who killed a lvl89 Demon Archer using Psychic Will, Soulburn, and Soul of Vengeance. Didn't even attack...

    So, my vote goes there.
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  • SurferGirl - Dreamweaver
    SurferGirl - Dreamweaver Posts: 415 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    i know alot of ppl think wiz and psy is the same thing and wonder whast better in dmg. well its not


    wiz and psy isnt the same at all wiz is for more aoe tw stuff it has the best dmg number wise in the game and psy cant and wont ever beat it


    psy is faster its good for pve but its really pvp if u look at all his skills i got both and i can say its 2 diff game styles just decide what u want more and go look at their skills
  • Mr_Mokona - Lost City
    Mr_Mokona - Lost City Posts: 95 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Cant really say whats better the whole wiz vs psy argument, as ive never played a psy.

    One thing you could consider if your gonna play with your brother in law quite a bit, you could try cleric...(i know you said you aready have one)...but if you regually team up you can very efficiantly aoe grind together.

    But obviously im an lvl85 wiz, who is sticking at it, and i really do love my character and this class, so im gonna suggest wizard, but by all means try a wiz, i love it maybe you will too.
    But also, by all means try a psy as well, see if you get a feel for one over the other.
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  • Ursa - Dreamweaver
    Ursa - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,634 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    now that I opened map3 I wish I was a BM... f wizard, f psy, BM and map3 grind FTW.
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  • Xegeth - Dreamweaver
    Xegeth - Dreamweaver Posts: 389 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    now that I opened map3 I wish I was a BM... f wizard, f psy, BM and map3 grind FTW.

    I guarantee you I grind as fast as every bm out there with DB and Expel :) Without any charm ****..
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