12-29-2004, 09:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-29-2004, 09:47 PM by Bob the Beholder.)
Pantalaimon,Dec 29 2004, 07:53 PM Wrote:You're pretty much bang on. If there's no tank and you're a cloth type, and the group is badly organized, your best bet would probably to mentally go "screw aggro management" on ONE of the mobs. The frost nova thing managed to give you aggro of all three, whereas had you just gone crazy with fireblast/AM on one of the guys you'd have one in your face and your party'd be dealing with two in their face. Much better odds.
(This is basically what Skan's saying :P )
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Oh, yeah, I get that now. Just one more reminder--reading the Lurker Lounge (and in particular for this case Skandranon's Mage Guide) has given me a leg up on strategy and tactics over your average player... but I'm still new to the game (four days off = constant playing = level 18 mage with less than a week of play), so I need to practice/learn more before I can really apply it.
And, really, the comment I made there about spamming fireball in the enemy's face was just about the choice of fireball. Like Skan's guide says, five easy points you should get by level 14 gives you the ultimate choice for close range casting: Arcane Missiles.
Yet, every mage I've partied with has favored Fireball or Frostbolt at mide/close range. Even in situations where Aggro management/mana efficiency is not much of a factor.
Even more illogical was the spell choice of a mage in the party I was talking about. He would always use Frost Bolt to draw the enemies, and Fireball to cast at close range.
I know Frost Bolt is a perfectly viable opener--even very useful with the slowing effect--but in this particular case it just seems flipped around. Fireball has the longer range, which allows you to stay farther away from the enemies. And when the enemies are closer (if you're set on choosing one or ther other) Frost Bolt would slow them down, so that you can more easily get out of melee range for better casting.
Of course, this is also the mage who asked me how to assign Talent points, so I'm guessing his knowledge of the game really isn't very extensive yet.