Wizards Need a Boost to Make them a Viable Choice

rgog wrote: »

With the release of Genesis and Mystics I just can't imagine ever taking my Wizzy out to hunt again. At level 39 she is just so under-powered it is pathetic. In my opinion PWI needs to give this class a boost of some sort to make them more interesting/powerful during the levels 20-90. My main is now a Veno and they are way more fun that my wizard, an add no longer means running or dying, even two adds can be dealt with most times. I can kill stuff a few levels higher without having to meditate for 5 minutes after each kill and can seperate mobs instead of waiting for them to walk apart.

Mystic class is basically Veno with buffs, heals and rezz which is silly overpowered when compared to the wizard class.

Will they ever give wizards some love to make them more playable?

Getting to endgame and going to TW. Much more fun than being a purge slave.

Enjoy the Journey?

Every Class is a lot more boring now than it used to be. You get to 40, 50 Max when you stop Questing and level on BH and CS. 80, you go FF.

If, however, you levelled by Grinding, Questing and Zhenning (Like we used to), I can assure you, Wizard will be infinitely more fun than basically any other Class.

I agree in certain aspects, Wizards may require a little fine-tuning PvE Wise (Current PvE Environment I mean here,) to give them a liiitle extra freedom.

Well i play on a PVE server so i play my wiz a lot in pve grinding and also in pve instances
and i really like the way the wizard works. The only problem with the class is that its dmg compared to the other casters isnt as high as it should be. Because when you choose wiz you leave out the nice party friendly features of a cleric or the pet support of a veno and trade that for higher dmg. But due to +att lvl modifications on caster skills from psychic and APS for physical class the wizard cant take its place as a major DD class.

Even worse the horrible chi generation together with the high chi requirements for wiz skills makes it nearly impossible to aoe grind like a BM. I agree TW is where wiz shines but psychics can do 80% of the aoes a wiz can do ( their aoe range has been increased with the expansion) but faster + they got their class unique soulforce abilities. I also see a need in improving the Dmg Output of the wizard class but i doubt that this will happen since PWI likes to make people reroll to a newer (= better) class.

greetz harm0wnie

HexOmega - Dreamweaver wrote: »

make me play veno and i drop dead out of boredom
such a no-brainer

when veno used to be IT, the money making machine i rolled one
but stopped at lvl40 - send all coin to my wizzie and lvled it to 100 in the following months over months....



mystic is different, like a cleric combined with veno
you have to keep your squad, yourself and your pet alive, thats much more fun

I hated playing cleric. I hated playing veno. Why the #!@$ would I want to play a fusion of them lulz.

I stopped reading when OP said he was level 39

b:surrender this is one of the saddest things ive ever heard. Wizards ARE the best dds in pwi hands down. That being said i no a wiz is also 1 of the hardest classes to play. We hit hard and die fast. just a little background. im a 100 pure magic demon wiz with rank 8 (rank 9 when i hit 101 lol) and my wiz was my first and only real char, ive tinkered with some alts but they bore me. If someone has the brains and the desire to play a wiz then we are unstoppable. 150k non crits pve 16k non crit pvp? how are people saying wizards are dead, the truth is there just isnt enough ppl skilled enough to play a real DD.

Spark+auto attack= fail.b:angry

That's why I like wizards. Not everyone can play them, and when used the right way, they can easily outmaneuver and out power most others. Besides, We'll always be needed for zhenning, along with archers. The thing is, we need to get our butts off of hypers/oracles and start having ACTUAL FUN again. Us wizards are machines of destruction, not just some DD/support class like those other magic users. And that's part of the problem why not many play as wizards. Others see us as just mere DDs in terms of using skills, and some of us can't keep our control, so good wizards are harder to find.

May I take time to say

-Loves- Partying with Wizards. Difficult class to play but they are to be feared. Always a pleasure to see one since their so few and far between. . .

And no they -do not- need a change to make them a "viable choice". They are, and always have been, a viable choice for people who are willing to learn how to use them.

wizards are an endgame class that hit for massive numbers with a single hit. they dont need any improvement lol. if you want channel times to take less time, stack channel- gears. if you want to have fun with your wiz get it leveled up. wiz and archer are both powerful at high levels, but takes patience to get there. yes it is going to suck getting to the high levels, but from what i've heard about 90+ or 100+ wiz, you'll love it when you get there.