Solo Wizard 8 Magis shield vs 10 Magis shield

[Iggyvyn]

<p>As a 100% soloist, never been in a group, never will be in a group, my Wizard is torn about whether to max magi shield to 10, or leave it at 8, so that I can cap two other lines, manaburn and cold.  Is there a big difference in the two points?</p><p>Manaburn looks great, but the rest of the powerline seems a total waste for solo.  I don't even keep a concussive on my hotbar.</p><p>This all could be moot, if they are giving us 140 points in RoK, but, for now, I am not sure what I want to do.</p><p>I am pretty sure that Sta/Wis seems to be the way to go in KoS.  Do other soloists agree?</p>

[Avokk]

Manaburn is good for solo, period.See it as a 21 aa investment. Powerline adds to max power, which is nice to get bigger MB's, use potions and all max power u can find, it helps a ton.With 140AA, i can see my fire-ice spec go one more notch with MB !As to the use of Concussive, i would rethink that if i were you. It can be used to do damage, as well as many other things. You find out.

[simpwrx02]

<p>I have concursive on my hot bar, and might use it as an extra AE in a riad if the group is 4 or more and both FG/IC and PotM is up, other than that I save it to hopefully drop aggro if I pick it up cease and concurssive in theroy can drop about 3500-4000 hate in a few seconds at level 70, the problem is the recast are so long that you have 2 choices aka use it all the time and hope you never pull aggro or save it for if you might pull aggro and and use it to try to shake aggro off of you. </p><p>As for the topic on hand, if you have 8 in magi you might as well put 10 into it as it really starts to add up at the higher levels.  If you do not really group or raid i personally woudl not put the extra points into the cold to get teh bomus of FG/IC as eben when soloing names I do not use FG as it ups the probability to break root.  I would go power line for manaburn then max out the cold line with your remaining points but imho enhancing FG for solo play is not worht it, unless you just want to mow down non heriocs and take hits as they come.</p>

[Iggyvyn]

<p>If I keep it at 8 then I can cap two other lines.   If I go to 10, then I can only cap one line.</p><p>I was thinking I would cap Cold and Power.  </p><p>I want Cold because I plan to spend most of my 40s in Lavastorm.  I am going to build up fire resistance as high as I can.  Also, for roleplaying reasons, Ixothial is an Ice Wizard at heart.</p>

[Avokk]

Concussive has it's solo uses, won't elaborate on that one since it would help the plat farmers, you figure it out, they are most of the time so non knowledgeable about their classes they wont ever guess...Send an in game tell to Avokk on Permafrost if you require further info ;p

[Astornoth]

<p>I use Concussive all the time and never for droping agro ;P...U can pull named from room full of social agro mobs w/o any adds</p><p>/ps carefull if U do any damage on him (like proc gear) hell will break lose.</p><p> /ps2 I`m on PvP server so I like plat farmers <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/908627bbe5e9f6a080977db8c365caff.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p>

[Avokk]

Ding ding ! We have a winner Astro ;0Now as for the PvP uses my hat to you !

[netglen]

<cite>Astornoth wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>I use Concussive all the time and never for droping agro ;P...U can pull named from room full of social agro mobs w/o any adds</p></blockquote> Learn something new every day. I'll have to experiment with that with my low L.20 Wizard tonight. Are you saying that the target mob should be pulled with a non-damaging spell like Dispel once you cast Concussive?

[netglen]

Wow after using <span class="postbody">Concussive for a few evenings, it now has a home in my primary hotbar.</span>

[Force Weaver]

<p> <commentary to the creators> </p><p>Magi's is a gotta have now even more than it was before.  Cease also has it's solo uses now as well in regular ROK fights, as some of the caster mobs will mez/interrupt/stifle you and although as a wizard you can smack them down pretty easy, it gets hard when you're added by a melee mob while the caster mob you started the fight with has effectively silenced you.  I'll defintely be sliding some of my 140 into cease and concussive upgrades.  I also like the mob script upgrades. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p><commentary to the OP></p><p>10 pts on magi's; Drop them out of cold somewhere as you don't really need your group DOT's at 5 AA each as a soloist.</p><p>Magi's Shielding @ 10pts, the MOF @ 10pts and spellreach are definitely an easier and obvious sell now that ROK is here.  I tried Sta/Wis and I seemed to have <b>less power</b> at the end of fights than if I were Str/Agi.  </p><p>I think it was that I ended up casting less spells that were hitting more which cost me less power total for those solo fights than the other spec with the Wis.  12% less power didn't seem to matter when I was having to cast 8-12 buttons per fight rather than 4 (frigid gift, rending icicles, catalyst, ice nova).   Some of the loudest advocates for solo Wis specs have RAID gear that reduces recast timers and casting time as well as up their crits, don't forget that. </p><p>In ROK it seems I push 6 instead (frigid gift, surging tempest, rending icicles, catalyst, ice nova, incapacitate) and if I get added Numbing Cold as I train them away and spread the slows, stuns, and roots around.</p>

[littlegobl]

I have 0 points in magi shielding, ward of sages is wonderful and its on the way to abilities that are actually good like killing stuff fast(which is our only job). You dont need any shielding at all, we solo well because of root and high damage and no other reason. Shielding in groups is even more pointless unless of course you rather risk getting 1 shot over not pulling aggro in the first place(Int line).

[Avokk]

10 in shielding and 8 in ward here (respecced AA`s for quest leveling) + AGI / WIS / Fire-Ice buildAll i can say is why root when one can tank ?At level 74 with some heal proccing gear (fitz shield, Soulfire Staff, Ring from OOB) and some Stun proccing gear (earring from CMM) and overall fabled and m1's (nothing fabulous, no avatar loot) i can go toe to toe with any no arrow mobs up to 76 without bothering with roots (which speeds up things dramatically)Use roots on adds, when it gets hairy or VS nameds...Magi Shielding ftw

[Iggyvyn]

<p>Well I did put the extra 2pts in Maga's Shield and I have been liking it.  I am also sticking with my Wis/Sta lines.</p><p>My plan is still to go into Cold.  </p><p>Partly this is because that is how I have always seen Ixothial, as an Ice Wizard, and partly this is because I want to build up his Heat resistance and at 40 take him to Lavastorm.  Can anyone confirm for me that the creatures in Lavastorm will be more susceptible to Cold?  I am making this assumption, but I don't know for sure.</p><p> I am currently level locked at 34, and working toward:</p><p>Heat Resistance:  Maxed</p><p>Mana Shield: 10</p><p>Cold: End of line Ability (treat all Heat spells as Cold)</p><p>Wis: 4/4/4 (will continue to fill this line in)</p><p>Sta: 4/4/4 (will continue to fill this line in) </p><p>I feel like I will be pretty effective in Lavastorm.  I am already soloing well with the 10 in Mana Shield.</p>

[netglen]

<cite>Iggyvyn wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>My plan is still to go into Cold. Partly this is because that is how I have always seen Ixothial, as an Ice Wizard, and partly this is because I want to build up his Heat resistance and at 40 take him to Lavastorm.  Can anyone confirm for me that the creatures in Lavastorm will be more susceptible to Cold?  I feel like I will be pretty effective in Lavastorm.  I am already soloing well with the 10 in Mana Shield.</p></blockquote> I'm not too sure how you'll like Lavastorm as a soloist. I went through there with my Conj and really didn't bother to stick around. I think Lavastorm and Everfrost were designed as the original endgame zones so there really wasn't that much solo content there. Accoring to EQ2i, here are the solo content for Lavastorm. <span class="wikiwyg_section"><ul><li><a href="http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/McBlain_Who" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">McBlain Who</a> (40) </li><li><a href="http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/McBlain%27s_Broken_Dagger" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">McBlain's Broken Dagger</a> (41) </li><li><a href="http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/A_Fiery_Test" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Fiery Test</a> (42) </li><li><a href="http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/A_Soot_Covered_Page" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Soot Covered Page</a> (43) </li><li><a href="http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Ashes_to_Ashes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ashes to Ashes</a> (46) </li><li><a href="http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Repay_the_Pain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Repay the Pain</a> (46) </li><li><a href="http://eq2.wikia.com/index.php?title=Burn_the_Bonecallers&action=edit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Burn the Bonecallers</a> (42)</li></ul>I think you'll find a lot more solo content at Feerrott, Zek, Enchanted Lands, SteamFront, Sinking Sands, Peacock Club, Maj'Dul and Ghassen the Trader Timelines. </span>