A new EQ2 player/wizard looking for help

[Neadric]

<p>Hey everyone,</p><p>I'm sure you've seen alot of these posts by now but i figured i'd post and see if i could get some help. I just looked over my 2 AA lists, and i know i want mana burn after looking over the soloing guide sticky, but how important is the Sorc AA list? should i bother with it? or should i just stick to the Wizard one. i'd really appreciate some input as i'm kind of confused about this hehe.</p><p>Neadric</p><p>Crushbone Server</p>

[Muxdy]

Good question. Personally, I went for Manaburn first and never regretted it. then went to the Sorc line down Stamina and found that my survivability has greatly increased for those times the mobs reaches me before I nuke him down. Im glad I secondly with with the Sta line, very glad.

[Griffinhart]

<cite>Neadric wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Hey everyone,</p><p>I'm sure you've seen alot of these posts by now but i figured i'd post and see if i could get some help. I just looked over my 2 AA lists, and i know i want mana burn after looking over the soloing guide sticky, but how important is the Sorc AA list? should i bother with it? or should i just stick to the Wizard one. i'd really appreciate some input as i'm kind of confused about this hehe.</p><p>Neadric</p><p>Crushbone Server</p></blockquote><p>IMHO the sorcerer line is where it's at.  Manaburn is nice for groups and soloing, but the sorcerer line brings more useful abilities.  Spell Crits, Spell haste, Freehand Sorcery, etc.  To guildies rolling new wizards I generally recommend filling in the sorcerer line before working on the Wizard tree.  </p><p>Manaburn is great for doing massive damage in one hit, but it was recently nerfed.  It went from 4 points of damage per point of power to 3 to 1.  The real problem with it is you are pretty much done for the fight after using it.</p>

[Neadric]

<p>cool thanks alot for your help guys, it gives me something to think about <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>i'm loving the class so far</p>

[Vikingstaff]

<p>I have read a lot of posts trying to figure out and respec my aa's myself.  At least at higher levels, sometimes in groups, and especially in raids, manaburn is NOT the way to go.  It takes a long time to cast, you wast aa's one useless abilities to get it, and once you use it, you have no mana left.  If you parse your damage, you will do more dps with aa points in other areas, and not using manaburn, than you will by having spent aa's in that line, and using manaburn (that is the mathmatics of it all).</p><p>Most higher level wizards have either posted or given me the following advice:</p><p>Priority 1: Wisdom and Agility aa lines.  They have the biggest impact on dps.  Follow those up with Str. line if you want to remain focused on dps.</p><p>Priority 2: Ice line, then followed by fire line (maybe reverse the priority if you are still below your 50;s level wise).  They lower recast timers, casting time, resistability, and improve damage.  As you level, the Ice line is significant because it will allow you to boost not only our spell damage, but also the other members of your group with the right combination of choices.</p><p>That is my two cents based on spending a lot of time on this question these past couple of months. </p>

[Baynne]

<cite>Griffinhart wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Neadric wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Hey everyone,</p><p>I'm sure you've seen alot of these posts by now but i figured i'd post and see if i could get some help. I just looked over my 2 AA lists, and i know i want mana burn after looking over the soloing guide sticky, but how important is the Sorc AA list? should i bother with it? or should i just stick to the Wizard one. i'd really appreciate some input as i'm kind of confused about this hehe.</p><p>Neadric</p><p>Crushbone Server</p></blockquote><p>IMHO the sorcerer line is where it's at.  Manaburn is nice for groups and soloing, but the sorcerer line brings more useful abilities.  Spell Crits, Spell haste, Freehand Sorcery, etc.  To guildies rolling new wizards I generally recommend filling in the sorcerer line before working on the Wizard tree.  </p><p>Manaburn is great for doing massive damage in one hit, but it was recently nerfed.  It went from 4 points of damage per point of power to 3 to 1.  The real problem with it is you are pretty much done for the fight after using it.</p></blockquote>Manaburn got nerfed again?  it went from 5:1 to 4:1.. have not heard of it getting lowered even more so hoping that is a typo?as to the OP.. yea manaburn is okay and fun to use on occasion... but as you progress there is less use for it.  i have 86 AAs on my wizzy atm... in the wizzy tree i took the cold line to reduces resists and increase damage, as well as the iceshape.  in the sorc tree i respec'd from str/sta to agi/wis.  i lost a lot of survivability, and am adjusting to rooting my mobs for once lol, but i dish out some nice damage.