05-02-2003, 04:48 PM
mch,
Both are fun skills. My original Realms sorceress maxed Hydra, Meteor, Fire Mastery, and Blizzard, and she was a lot of fun.
HOWEVER, Blizzard, while very cool and very fun, just had enough problems that I eventually re-made her with Frozen Orb. Blizzard is terrible against non-slow monsters that move towards you. It often does not hit things in its area effect, especially when they are near a corner. It's chill time is so slow that it is not effective at crowd control. I love crowd control, so it is just frustrating.
One good thing about orb is that it is directional ... even tho it is timered, I'm lazy and dont really click any faster by desire than I can with the timer anyway, so I still get the nice feeling that I'm zapping a spell at something. With Blizzard, Meteor, Firewall, Nova, and Thunderstorm, I just never get that feeling that I'm shooting AT something, but Frozen Orb gives me that satisfying feeling. The only spells I have that feeling with are Frozen Orb, Fireball, Chain Lightning, and to a lesser degree Charged Bolt.
I think the next high level sorceress I make will max both blizzard and orb just so that I can either lay down the pointing or actually keep my enemies at bay, depending on mood. I may combine that with Meteor since I dont currently have a meteor sorceress. The downside to maxing both is that i will have only 1 in static field later on I guess.
Lewis
Both are fun skills. My original Realms sorceress maxed Hydra, Meteor, Fire Mastery, and Blizzard, and she was a lot of fun.
HOWEVER, Blizzard, while very cool and very fun, just had enough problems that I eventually re-made her with Frozen Orb. Blizzard is terrible against non-slow monsters that move towards you. It often does not hit things in its area effect, especially when they are near a corner. It's chill time is so slow that it is not effective at crowd control. I love crowd control, so it is just frustrating.
One good thing about orb is that it is directional ... even tho it is timered, I'm lazy and dont really click any faster by desire than I can with the timer anyway, so I still get the nice feeling that I'm zapping a spell at something. With Blizzard, Meteor, Firewall, Nova, and Thunderstorm, I just never get that feeling that I'm shooting AT something, but Frozen Orb gives me that satisfying feeling. The only spells I have that feeling with are Frozen Orb, Fireball, Chain Lightning, and to a lesser degree Charged Bolt.
I think the next high level sorceress I make will max both blizzard and orb just so that I can either lay down the pointing or actually keep my enemies at bay, depending on mood. I may combine that with Meteor since I dont currently have a meteor sorceress. The downside to maxing both is that i will have only 1 in static field later on I guess.
Lewis
Lewis
aka *westcats, USWest, SC
aka *sevencats, *weirdcats, USEast, SC
aka *westcats, USWest, SC
aka *sevencats, *weirdcats, USEast, SC