Been awhile.. are people not taking static shield anymore?

[Prancibald]

<p>I was looking at forum suggestions on AA's these days. No one seems to suggest the STA line for Static Shield... however last I played it seemed that Static Shield was a no brainer must-do... </p><p>Did something change?</p>

[Korter]

<p>None of the wizards I see use static shield. It's more of a solo type deal. All of the good high level wizards on our server raid and have more of a +crit and +reuse time approach.</p>

[Fennius]

<p>I use it but then I tend to solo.</p>

[dirtymeat80]

<p>Same as above.  Good for solo'ing, or leveling up</p>

[Noaani]

<p>IMO its not even useful for leveling up. In order for it to trigger, the mob needs to attack you with a melee weapon (spells do not trigger it). If a mob is attacking you with a melee weapon, you are too close.</p><p>While some sorcerers do like the idea of a battlemage, taking a few hits from mobs etc, it is not a viable way to spec a sorcerer for any reason other than flavour.</p><p>The best spec for solo leveling is a pure DPS spec (manaburn if you want to solo names, otherwise str - wis lines in the sorcerer tree, and maxing out Enhance: Ice Comet by level 50 in the cold line of the wizard tree, 5 points in Root Mastery in the Shadows tree would not be a bad idea either). killing a mob before it reaches you is far safer and more effecient than killing a mob at melee range.</p><p>If you want to go down the sta line for the way that a sorcerer with that spec plays, go for it, but its not the best way to spend points in terms of making you a better character.</p>