User:DOUG/Sandbox Player State Of Wizardry
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General problems noted by wizards
Wizard Bolt / Ball Spells
Overview: Bolt / ball spells are the staple of the classic wizard. Yet, bolt spells don't show the equivalent returns in killing creatures that other AS-based forms of attack enjoy.
| Problem: | Applying crit to random body part (can't target / aim at body part) |
| Detail: | Wizard bolt / ball spells and associated critical tables do not perform as well (quick kills) as other AS-based attacks (see table) |
| GM solution: | Channel bolt / ball spell increases probability of striking critically vulnerable area and reduces crit randomization effect |
| Opinion: | Keeping wizard in offensive stance for 3 seconds, when contrasted with CS spells being in guarded stance and with the ability to kill immediately on cast is an additional negative factor wizards face with bolts |
| PC Solution: | Allow Rapid Fire (515) to reduce the hard round time associated with channeling - presently specifically disallowed |
| Problem: | DFs/AvD advantages of Bolt attacks are not structured in a manner to grant consistent incentive to higher or lower level casting |
| Detail: | One of the most efficient bolts available in the game isn't even in the wizard spell list (Steam (1707)) while another is a first level spell (Minor Shock (901)) (see table) |
| GM solution: | None have been offered |
| Opinion: | None |
| PC Solution: | None have been offered |
| Problem: | Spell buffs that increase wizard bolt AS are actually not buffs - they're spells designed to reach 'baseline' |
| Detail: | Recognizing magical bolts are still bolts, with the decreased DS in many cases as a result - more and more creatures are getting spells designed specifically to add DS to bolt defense, decreasing the 'buff' value to 'necessity'. |
| GM solution: | Increase in AS for casting an additional bolt spell at the same target (Elemental Focus (513) EL:F bonus) |
| Opinion: | Capped at +25 and requires several subsequent casts to even reach that cap - never available on first cast |
| PC Solution: | Surge spell - something that when active, actually buffs the bolt AS (like Spirit Strike (117)) |
Keystone Go-To Attack Spell
Overview: Most spell using professions have a keystone attack spell (or spells) that they utilize for capped hunting. As reference - Immolate (519) used to function as this spell before changes.
| Problem: | No reliable single-target single-cast death-dealing spell or combination of spells available to the wizard |
| Detail: | Wizard bolt / ball spells - intentionally or no - are attrition-based spells, wizard CS-based spells are few and those spells do not perform as well as other profession CS-based spells |
| GM solution: | Open / unaddressed |
| Opinion: | N/A |
| PC Solution: | Several suggestions provided - return death-dealing reliability to Immolate (519), create second-cast supercharged capabilities (like Spirit Slayer (240)), fix bolt / ball spells to fill the niche, implement Elemental Overload (940) suggestion |
Specific problems noted by wizards (placeholders for now)
ATTUNE
Invisibility (916)
General improvement wishes (placeholders for now)
Collapse bolt / ball spells into single spell types - use lores to select element cast
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This is just a test. DOUG (talk) 00:01, 13 January 2017 (CST)