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Forum: Wizard 09-21-2005, 02:42 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 252
Posted By LordDrag
Its occasionally useful.  Sick it on a three down...

Its occasionally useful.  Sick it on a three down arrow, will kill or almost kill it on an even con.  Also, its good for big mobs when you are worried about aggro, since the pet gets the aggro, not...
Forum: Wizard 03-22-2005, 04:15 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 275
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>First of all the devs have said that both...

<DIV>First of all the devs have said that both classes should do the same dps.  Many times, I was there in late beta when they discussed it.  After all, they are 2 DPS classes with no other real...
Forum: Wizard 03-19-2005, 10:06 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 275
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>"we don't get Prismatic Pulse or Icy Coil...

<DIV>"we don't get Prismatic Pulse or Icy Coil style of spells"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>LOL.  Ok, first of all it is plasmatic pulse, not prismatic.  And it is the most worthless spell around.  It...
Forum: Wizard 03-19-2005, 05:39 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 275
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Ram, warlocks have the better AEs,...

<DIV>Ram, warlocks have the better AEs, especially at higher levels.  And considering warlocks ultimate spell is an AE and wizards is a single target DD, it seems that the specialties would be DD for...
Forum: Wizard 03-18-2005, 06:44 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 275
Posted By LordDrag
<P>Actually I have never rated you period.  I...

<P>Actually I have never rated you period.  I always thought the whole star rating thing was kind of stupid.</P> <P>And I am not comparing random spells, sigh.  These are the 3 that are used 95% of...
Forum: Wizard 03-18-2005, 05:16 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 275
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>I am not advocating these specific spells be...

<DIV>I am not advocating these specific spells be tweaked to be equal.  The point of the post was to show that the primary damage spells that the classes use are superior for the warlocks.</DIV>...
Forum: Wizard 03-17-2005, 02:13 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 275
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>The mana costs on those eq2players pages are...

<DIV>The mana costs on those eq2players pages are hideously incorrect.  The mana costs I gave were taken from in game.</DIV> <DIV>As for your comparisons, I did compare Westfends and BSS as you...
Forum: Wizard 03-16-2005, 04:22 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 275
Posted By LordDrag
If you have a problem with ice comet, go post...

If you have a problem with ice comet, go post about it in the ice comet page, lots of. This is about disparity between classes that are supposed to do the same DPS. Hopefully it will be an indication...
Forum: Wizard 03-16-2005, 03:40 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 275
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Uh, all the spells taken there WERE adept 3,...

<DIV>Uh, all the spells taken there WERE adept 3, on both sides.  Except for the training spells of course.</DIV>
Forum: Wizard 03-16-2005, 02:37 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 281
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Sliverhammer, this hurts you too.  Having a...

<DIV>Sliverhammer, this hurts you too.  Having a few less starting points of int makes minimal difference.  But when you add 150pts of int from gear and buffs and you get no benefit, then you get...
Forum: Wizard 03-16-2005, 02:33 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 275
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>I will see what I can do about mana costs. ...

<DIV>I will see what I can do about mana costs.  Warlock spells often have a mana return percentage, so its hard to get their exact cost.</DIV>
Forum: Wizard 03-15-2005, 01:00 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 275
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Ok, at lvl 40, and until 50 or so, both...

<DIV>Ok, at lvl 40, and until 50 or so, both wizards and warlocks rely on a few nukes to do 90%+ of their damage.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wizards use Immolation, Ball of Flames, and Westfend's...
Forum: Wizard 03-15-2005, 11:09 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 497
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Well, there is some truth there.  But it is...

<DIV>Well, there is some truth there.  But it is less useful to cast immolation since it takes so long, lol.  Fight is over by the time it is done.  But the nil distortion can be cast quickly and...
Forum: Wizard 03-15-2005, 07:18 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 497
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Splatterpunk said</DIV> <DIV> <P>"This is a...

<DIV>Splatterpunk said</DIV> <DIV> <P>"This is a joke.  First of all in order for a warlock to get in an extra Nil Distortion compared to a wiz's immolation, the ratio is 20sec/24sec, so 5/6 ratio it...
Forum: Wizard 03-15-2005, 04:02 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 497
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Ok, utility.  We get a crappy evac that is...

<DIV>Ok, utility.  We get a crappy evac that is far inferior to any of the scout evacs.  Warlocks get out of power regen spells, and spells that drain enemy power and give it to the party.  I rather...
Forum: Wizard 03-14-2005, 07:05 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 497
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Lol, nil is 37, ice comet is 50.  That is...

<DIV>Lol, nil is 37, ice comet is 50.  That is why they don't get compared directly.  Compare Ice Comet to Devastation instead.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As for being a power feeder, wizards are not...
Forum: Wizard 03-14-2005, 03:51 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 497
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Immolation - 4 sec cast time, 20 sec...

<DIV>Immolation - 4 sec cast time, 20 sec recast</DIV> <DIV>Nil Distortion - 2 Sec cast, 18 sec recast</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Damage is about the same.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Also, immolation takes...
Forum: Wizard 03-11-2005, 09:34 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 273
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>My blazing intimidation gets resisted a ton...

<DIV>My blazing intimidation gets resisted a ton too, and my subjugation skill is maxed.</DIV>
Forum: Wizard 03-11-2005, 09:21 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 44
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Ok, love this spell, don't get me wrong. ...

<DIV>Ok, love this spell, don't get me wrong.  But just looking over patch notes it said they changed its cast time to 3 seconds, and it is 4.  3 would be a bit more reasonable, lol, 4 seconds is a...
Forum: Wizard 03-10-2005, 01:33 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 429
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Another solution would be to radically...

<DIV>Another solution would be to radically improve the mana feed spells, and give them a proportinally longer timer. Say, for example, improve the effectiveness by 300% and increase the recast timer...
Forum: Wizard 03-09-2005, 12:24 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 429
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>I assume you were a necro in EQ1...

<DIV>I assume you were a necro in EQ1 gnomeater<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  Don't remember my wizard every having a power feed in that game,...
Forum: Wizard 03-09-2005, 03:47 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 429
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Exactly.  I think the idea originally was to...

<DIV>Exactly.  I think the idea originally was to allow us to strategically give mana when needed.  Of course it has become such that there is no strategy, just stand there feeding.  Which is why I...
Forum: Wizard 03-09-2005, 03:44 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 273
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Spells get resisted a lot more than melee...

<DIV>Spells get resisted a lot more than melee attacks do.  I was with a group fighting some red mobs, and I would manage to land MAYBE one nuke per fight.  And this is with attempts at debuffs.  The...
Forum: Wizard 03-09-2005, 03:32 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 429
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Adam, my main concern is simply that on...

<DIV>Adam, my main concern is simply that on raids we often become mana batteries.  We almost never nuke, just stand there feeding the healer power.  Its boring and not what the class was meant...
Forum: Wizard 03-09-2005, 03:31 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 429
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Exactly.  We are there to blow things up,...

<DIV>Exactly.  We are there to blow things up, not feed mana.  Mana feeds should be an emergency spell, not something you spend all your time doing on raids.  And as for Warlock DPS, they said about...
Forum: Wizard 03-09-2005, 02:23 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 101
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Agreed, good post.  And yes, add mail of...

<DIV>Agreed, good post.  And yes, add mail of frost.  It is pretty much worthless.  The conjurer version absorbs three full hits, ours stops a fraction of one hit, kind of ridiculous.  And instead of...
Forum: Wizard 03-09-2005, 02:13 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 429
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>While having the ability to feed someone...

<DIV>While having the ability to feed someone mana in an emergency is nice, it all too often results in us being mana batteries for healers on raids and such.  I suggest a simple change to the spells...
Forum: Wizard 02-21-2005, 03:05 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 52
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Well, I seem to remember something during...

<DIV>Well, I seem to remember something during beta where int was supposed to lower resists or something /shrug.  Not sure if it ever went through or is in the game now.  I agree though, int should...
Forum: Wizard 02-17-2005, 03:07 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 167
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Frozen Shackles is a great spell.  It is...

<DIV>Frozen Shackles is a great spell.  It is essential to our soloing.  But we never get an upgrade to it.  We get 2 spells in the tether line, but these are clearly intended to be crowd control,...
Forum: Wizard 02-16-2005, 06:02 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 167
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Sigh, yes tether is a different kind of root...

<DIV>Sigh, yes tether is a different kind of root than arcane shackles and frozen shackles.  No problem with that.  But give us an upgrade to frozen shackles then.  You can not use that for the rest...
Forum: Wizard 02-15-2005, 05:47 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 276
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV> <P>Over a 45 second period it's a 10%...

<DIV> <P>Over a 45 second period it's a 10% improvement and please don't tell me your tank is going to wait for your Ice Comet to recycle before pulling the next mob.  You can cast other things...
Forum: Wizard 02-14-2005, 02:24 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 167
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>I just got tether, and thought I would...

<DIV>I just got tether, and thought I would finally have an upgrade to frozen shackles.  Instead it breaks after one hit, with no noticeable snare.  Please let tether take a beating before breaking,...
Forum: Wizard 02-11-2005, 01:01 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 276
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV> <DIV>They only increased the effective DPS...

<DIV> <DIV>They only increased the effective DPS of Ice Comet by 10%?  Please.  That is only true if you are looking at it in a vacuum, as in it is the only spell you can cast.  Think of it this way,...
Forum: Wizard 02-11-2005, 12:58 AM
Replies: 0
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Views: 52
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Supposed to be a reply, somehow became a new...

<DIV>Supposed to be a reply, somehow became a new message.  Don't ask me.</DIV><p>Message Edited by LordDragon on <span class=date_text>02-10-2005</span> <span class=time_text>12:00 PM</span>
Forum: Wizard 12-05-2004, 04:18 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 92
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Ok, does anyone have ANY use for this...

<DIV>Ok, does anyone have ANY use for this spell?  It has a 5 sec cast time, big recast, and does noticeably less damage than Lightning Flash, both at adept 1.  Ok, it has a chance for sta damage. ...
Forum: Wizard 12-04-2004, 04:50 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 175
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Umm, no.  Static pulse is a mage spell.  We...

<DIV>Umm, no.  Static pulse is a mage spell.  We don't get upgrades for it.  Our replacement spell is the frost whirl line, which only debuffs elemental resists.  I am lvl 28, and static pulse is...
Forum: Wizard 12-04-2004, 03:45 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 175
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Our DoTs have nice elemental resist...

<DIV>Our DoTs have nice elemental resist debuffs.  These are useful, and necessary for use to function properly.  However some of our main nukes are magic based.  Plasmatic pulse is magic, as is...
Forum: Wizard 11-27-2004, 11:25 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 425
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Hmm, well in all fairness you responded...

<DIV>Hmm, well in all fairness you responded rather harshly to my initial comment.  I wasn't attacking you, but you seem to think I was when I merely pointed out that not all wizards, myself...
Forum: Wizard 11-27-2004, 12:36 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 425
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Hey slade, Breath of the Tyrant will pull...

<DIV>Hey slade, Breath of the Tyrant will pull away from blaze as you level.  Blaze has already capped out its skill, it won't get any better, while Breath of the Tyrant is at minimal skill at lvl...
Forum: Wizard 11-26-2004, 07:35 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 425
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Why would I need a heal when I am harvesting...

<DIV>Why would I need a heal when I am harvesting mana between fights?  The power bar regens at the same rate the mana bar does.  I even tell healers not to worry about me when my health dips like...
Forum: Wizard 11-25-2004, 03:08 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 425
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>For the most part, wizards can really cut...

<DIV>For the most part, wizards can really cut loose with a competent tank of equivalent level/skill upgrades.  The key is to make sure the tank is taunting.  Some tanks use their damage abilities...
Forum: Wizard 11-22-2004, 02:09 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 380
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>Just because a class gets fewer new attack...

<DIV>Just because a class gets fewer new attack spells in a given range does not mean it is worse during those levels.  Spell damage scales up significantly as you level.  The same lvl blaze spell...
Forum: Wizard 11-18-2004, 03:00 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 380
Posted By LordDrag
<DIV>We solo just fine.  At lvl 18 I still solo...

<DIV>We solo just fine.  At lvl 18 I still solo better than most.  You do not want to take on groups of mobs if you can avoid it, heh.  Although there are exceptions.  We are rapid single target...
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