09-20-2004, 01:54 AM
Mongo,
So far all your discussions about this have been related to how the priest operates. I know you're a very experienced priest player. But the whole "cast a few spells, then whip out the wand/staff/mace" argument does not work for a mage.
Just saying, remember that the priest is not the only caster class. When soloing, mages cast *constantly.* Yes, in a group, mages can use a wand and such, but a mage cannot melee against monsters and survive playing solo due to a complete lack of healing.
What this does in groups is slow the mage's nuking efforts. Spend all your mana in a fight, then stop and drink - or cast a few spells in a fight, and have less downtime.
Warlocks - same boat as priests, generally Warlocks cast their DoTs and then whack/wand at a creature. This will help them. But the whole class is getting overhauled at some point, so who knows.
-Bolty
So far all your discussions about this have been related to how the priest operates. I know you're a very experienced priest player. But the whole "cast a few spells, then whip out the wand/staff/mace" argument does not work for a mage.
Just saying, remember that the priest is not the only caster class. When soloing, mages cast *constantly.* Yes, in a group, mages can use a wand and such, but a mage cannot melee against monsters and survive playing solo due to a complete lack of healing.
What this does in groups is slow the mage's nuking efforts. Spend all your mana in a fight, then stop and drink - or cast a few spells in a fight, and have less downtime.
Warlocks - same boat as priests, generally Warlocks cast their DoTs and then whack/wand at a creature. This will help them. But the whole class is getting overhauled at some point, so who knows.
-Bolty
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