Wizard AA suggestions [Archive] - EQ2 Forum Archive @ EQ2Wire

QQ-Fatman

07-22-2007, 07:29 AM

Seeing warlocks getting most of their npopular AA's boosted greatly, I'd like to request a overhaul for wizard AA's. Here are some suggestions of how / what to change:Inferno Surge: 4sec a rank is nice, but the major problem is the 3sec duration. Adding a 0.3sec reduction a rank will fix this problem.Fireshape: 70% of the time we're casting heat spells, this spell needs a 2ndary effect to be useful. Add a 15% power cost reduction to all heat based spells while it's actived.Fortify Elements: 4% is too low, make it 7% a rank.Accord: Change it to +1% hate trasnfer a rank.Vitalic Cropping: +7% power gain a rank instead of reuse timer reduction.Cardinal Intromission: +7% power feed a rank instead of 10% hp cost reduction.Manaburn: Reduce its cast timer. Make it 1:7 but only uses 50% of your max power so it wont hit too hard in solo / heroic group but will be useful in raids.Cease: Add a +7% hate reduction a rank like what warlocks get.Mail of Frost: Add a 20sec reuse reduction a rank like what warlocks get.Spell reach: Change it to +25% spell range and radius.Ice Nova: +2% damage a rank instead of reuse reduction to make it more comparable to Enhance: ApocSurging Tempest: Restore it to have 5 ranks.Fusion: Add a 4sec reuse reduction a rank like Enhance: Rift.

Kaycerzan

07-22-2007, 11:04 PM

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inferno Surge: 4sec a rank is nice, but the major problem is the 3sec duration. Adding a 0.3sec reduction a rank will fix this problem. As long as the duration of the dot is so short, it's pretty pointless. I'm getting little during my fast spells and nothing on BoL. Fireshape: 70% of the time we're casting heat spells, this spell needs a 2ndary effect to be useful. Add a 15% power cost reduction to all heat based spells while it's actived. I agree here. Why would we want to turn our 7 other spells (counting word of force and ice flame) into heat, when the casting time on most of them would just be wasting fireshape time anyway. Fortify Elements: 4% is too low, make it 7% a rank. I'm not going to complain about what I'm getting here. More would be nice, but I wouldn't present this on my wants list. Accord: Change it to +1% hate trasnfer a rank. Um. I never particularly liked this spell anyway, especially when I'm fighting warlocks for who to put it on. Vitalic Cropping: +7% power gain a rank instead of reuse timer reduction. My experience with this AA has led me to believe that I like it as it currently is. Cardinal Intromission: +7% power feed a rank instead of 10% hp cost reduction. This spell's biggest problem is the resue timer. If there's one place I'd like to see it cut, it's here. Manaburn: Reduce its cast timer. Make it 1:7 but only uses 50% of your max power so it wont hit too hard in solo / heroic group but will be useful in raids. This has needed more damage since it's inception, but already they're proposing reducing it. Nobody will use it in it's proposed LU37 state. As for heroics however, it's been my experience that it only translated as much power as needed into doing 50% damage. Cease: Add a +7% hate reduction a rank like what warlocks get. More reuse timers. Stop with the reuse timers, I like OP's idea here. Mail of Frost: Add a 20sec reuse reduction a rank like what warlocks get. Do they also get the 8% increase per rank? Otherwise I'll stick with what I've got. Spell reach: Change it to +25% spell range and radius. Meh. Ice Nova: +2% damage a rank instead of reuse reduction to make it more comparable to Enhance: Apoc Damage would be nice but I think the idea here is that you can cap your recast timer if you plan right. Is it better the way they have it? i'm sure some mathmatician knows. I don't. I'm fine with the way this one is. Surging Tempest: Restore it to have 5 ranks. Hah. I didn't even know they made it 4 til you said it. Make it 5 like every other AE under the sun. Fusion: Add a 4sec reuse reduction a rank like Enhance: Rift. Considering the AA wasted in low efficiency AE spells to get here, it should have some damage and recast associated with it, screw this resistability and range stuff.