wizards can ice bomb or spec bolt/nuke and debuff their nukes with leg staffs...especially as bomb its very hard with debuff staff. Elds can only debuff their nukes/bolts but bomb is energy.

i'm lvl 28 with 28 in fire...
what do you think with:
augmented dext
serenity
etheral bond
wild power
master of pain

?

Gonby wrote:i'm lvl 28 with 28 in fire...
what do you think with:
augmented dext
serenity
etheral bond
wild power
master of pain

?

why mastery of pain it is only 4 melee crits?^^ but mcl , mastery of magery , wild power, aug dex, aug acu and purge were gut ra´s:P

yes your right, i copy the line just under but it's magery in my mind

tkx for your reply darkpandora

Wizards need a serious balance review. I dont like classes that seem to have no real use.

on life, a firewizz ****** ur head with only 2 bolts + 2 nukes. they are very dangerous in casters grps, esp. with a fire debuff

on uth u need a lot more nukes but i dont think thats its only the the toa boni on live what makes the wizzard that strong. even with a fire debuff, he is useless

maybe there were different dmg calcs for the wizzard at present daoc versions? and we just got the wrong one?

Demiurgo wrote:With every caster if you meet a charge tank you can start typing /rel

To go solo you can choose a tank but you will get killed by higher rr/better equipped tanks.
Imo the best char to solo are some caster (sorc, theurg, cab, eld, ench, rm, sm and bd both with implemented pet ).

With a caster, if you play well, you can kill every kind of tanks even higher rr and you have always a chance to kill other casters and stealthers.

Actually the best for me are:
1- Sorcerer rr5+ with ichor and purge2 = can kill all, also charge tanks, all other casters, everything, some problem witht eld with rr5 on
2- Theurghist with a minimum of wind spec = will kill everything except charge tanks (or even them, if you manage well the fight....) and problem with eld rr5+ on
3- Runemaster soppr spec = kill no-speed caster and hybrid/heavy tanks, will die against charge tanks, stealthers with purge and usual eld rr5^
4- Eldtrich light spec = Problem with hybrids and det tanks, some casters but with rr5 can kill almost everything if well played
5- Eltrich mana spec = Heavy tanks farmer, rr5 own charge tanks but problem with most of casters but you can kill holz (but it will be your realm mate)

I put eld on last place because no speed=boring

A Light Eld who knows how to use his nearsight won't get killed in a 1v1 by a Sorc.

I hink the damage formula for bolts is wrong on Uth. Its countered by AF and there is some research to do.

Blue wrote:I hink the damage formula for bolts is wrong on Uth. Its countered by AF and there is some research to do.

Really? The hightest hit i ever got on Uth with my ranger was from a cave spec shamy... 600 Bolt and i was yellow con for him.

blue, i want to kiss you

Eanladar, is a 50 earth spec wizard with remaining points into Fire.

With spec Earth bolt, delves for 303 base damage i think, i can usually hit an unbuffed caster for 450 to 520 damage, and can hit unbuffed melee for anywhere between 300 and 425. When encountering a melee, esp wardens and other tanks with shields, i usually HAVE to rely on decimation trap for damage, as bolt is sometimes blocked by shield (pretty much halves the damage) I can see half of 450-520 damage being reasonable, but half of 300-425 is kinda bleh.

Hope this information helps.

I can take some screenshots of solo rvr damage if you want

bolts are fine as they are . they are correctly calculated by af/absorb - the damage range is normal the miss rate is a bit off though.

get some acuity + dex/qui charges along with dex potions and you will see it will work wonders for you . buffs are everything in this game.

the damage is fine as it is with the bolts - just use acu charge and get some passive damage boosting ra´s and you will be fine . before i respeced my runemaster to a more group friendly spec his bolts where fine - absolute no reason to complain .

just don´t mindlessly shoot everything with your bolts ... studded armor and below are your targets - everything wearing chain or plate is a NONO .you are better off with a DD on these targets.

i also got a wizzy (see sig. ) , ice specced . and i think the toon might not be blessed by the mythic gods with utility , but it has got enough to be competitive.

may think about giving him nearsight and aoe dots - but then dozens of other classes will demand the same 1.8x+ changes.

my rm was throwing bolts at 50´s bards/casters for 700+ (acu charge + mom4+aug.acu3). you really can´t complain about bolt damage . just boost your passives , use some charges and thats it .

was soloing in rvr most of the time in old emain till rr5 and the only thing worth complaining about is the horrible miss rate (but well , just read some live forums and there are the same complains - so it must be ok). and i think i know what i am writing about.
my ra spec was raw damage - no toys ! no mcl no purge ! no crappy decimation trap - just raw passive damage . was able to kill fulltanks before they get into stick range. bolt bolt debuff (simultaniously using 331 dd charge with cold damage) , 2 nukes and thats it. ~ 2k damage in less than 7 seconds. can´t do that ****** anymore since i´m group specced

from my memories it was like:
350-450 on chain armor (depending on resists and af-charge used)
400-600 on studded/reinforced (depending on class).
550-800 on cloth (PD,af charge, spec af - all these are huge factors)
all hits WITHOUT critical hits , and my rm is just rr5 . and damage goes up again each full rr up.
hits are from the spec bolt , baseline bolt is about 50 damage less.
without acuity charge its about -100 damage.

quite decent damage if you ask me. and fire wiz got higher delve bolts / DD than rc specc´d runemasters get ... so it should make up for the lack of utility.

Unfortunately bolt damage was never really tested on live. It contains some guesses about bolt/AF calculation so its not correct. I cant say whether the damage is too low or too high but most players will always tell its too low nonetheless.

i sayed at the dez 2007 that the dmg of the wizard bolt are wrong ...

http://www.uthgard.the-bart.org/modules ... pic&t=5529

I said in 2005 that the bolt damage is wrong and not tested

k then sry:

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