2011 Wizard's Guide

BLOODMYSTIC - Archosaur wrote: »

See Zhadi's post and you'll understand. Maybe.



Of course not. Because only the best and brightest play on lost city, right? [reels her in . . . ]



Tell that to Calvin. I think he is on lost city, no?



Why I hate him? Really?

He trolls a guide before it is even written, and I hate him?

Every comment he makes to anyone not on LC server is generally in the form of "If you knew anything, you would know . . . ." and "being on a pve server, you probably don't realize . . . ."

He CONSTANTLY doesn't read a post carefully, then claims you say you like apples and that apples are for losers. Meanwhile, you said you hated apples.

And I don't hate anyone, actually. I LOVE to reveal self-centered, arrogant pricks for being just that, however.



As for stopping, he had the first word in this back and forth. In fairness, you should want me to have the last and tell him to stop.

But somehow I don't see anything in your post directed at him . . . .

Oh, thats right, because lost city means never having to say your sorry . . . .

More people play off lost city than on it, by the way, so noone here has to listen to lost city people, no matter how pro you've all convinced yourselves you are.

You're quoting out of context again. =/ I don't care about servers there's great players on every server, xP I said that because most of the people in adroits videos are at pk spots ALOT. (The ones that haven't quit since >< ) I dont need to tell anything to calvin he's not the god of pw, he's just a really funny boy who happens to be an amazing bm =] I don't care who stops i just hope one of you does. Oh, i love apples and your post offended my snack! x.x

Bump for being a good guide. Sticky maybe?

2011 and leave out Warsong in favor of a much older instance that Seekers can handle better, and is mostly profitable when new classes are introduced?

Wizards are capable of doing great things in Warsong, but it requires some thought unlike mindless spark -> aps. Many squads aren't taking the time to learn faster ways and are stuck in antiquated methods like pulling runners first in Metal. Even when we pull whole groups they think they need to jump on runners to save the Regeneration Aura. If we can get past that kind of ignorance; we can claim a great position in PvE again. Melee range aggro keeps dinos from AoE'ing but that's mostly an issue if you have melee classes in squad. Most decent wizards can tank the rest of a group. Who knows what a group of wiz's all launching ulti's + Aoes on a group at the same time could do? -Those Runners die quick!

You can pull whole groups safely with Hailstorm if you have a good squad. I've seen a higher level much better geared wiz tell me it won't work (insisted on building chi for ulti), but I say they're lying because it's NEVER failed me in about a dozen runs. Hailstorm on either Dino should hit both Runners. You don't want to use an ulti if melee are in the squad because it will take longer for melee to aggro Dinos (more hard hitting AoE). I don't think there is a mage class that can't lure this way either. I've seen clerics do it with Razor Feathers, and I've done it more often on veno with Noxious Gas.

My wiz is still using Devil's Cape of Aries, Cape of Elite Leather (modest equips), and yet with Earth Shield tanked the whole first group of Earth mobs in Warsong with Dragon's Breath. -I'd love to explore Warsong Earth more sometime with wiz.

I think many don't even realize how much less mdef some bosses have than pdef, or how much lighter / slower they hit at range (with magic!). Both of the great healing classes also come with mdef debuffs, and clerics have matk buff, -ch buff (love to use this on a wiz during spark), or an additional (lower duration + more effect) matk buff (Spirit's Gift).

Declaring wiz's not good for much in PvE is locking into a dead end mindset like people who think Assassins are only good for Nirvana. Some Barbs still pull for AoE's, and btw: people are realizing that Barbs are more useful than previously thought.

Is it a good guide? It tells those of us who already understand what things like 'DPH' mean; what we already know. It mind funnels wiz's into thinking we're best for RB when we're not, PvP, and ignores other areas we can excel at. I appreciate the effort, but it's not to our advantage for this to get a sticky unless fixed. I think those that use wiz's should start exploring possibilities more like the one I saw soloing all the dragons near the end of FFC, or the ones soloing BHD when my 4aps base sage +10 6.5k HP assassin can't even do it.

Lastly, I'd lose the colors and the skill descriptions. Colors are harsh on some of us (people with Asperger's or Autism are drawn to games like this and to us: those colors are rude). We also have java based websites that handle skill descriptions much better: http://www.ecatomb.net/skillpwi.php .

tweakz wrote: »

Lastly, I'd lose the colors and the skill descriptions. Colors are harsh on some of us (people with Asperger's or Autism are drawn to games like this and to us: those colors are rude). We also have java based websites that handle skill descriptions much better: http://www.ecatomb.net/skillpwi.php .

Actually that doesnt need to be true. Some people with syndromes like that will actually feel like the colors make it more organized. Which makes it less stressfull to read.

negativereaction wrote: »

and elemental shell deserves mention here since it's instant chi without having to use cloud eruption / master li's / cast a longer animation skill.

How much chi?