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Wizard / Re: Wizard DPS in The Broken Mirror
« on: June 16, 2017, 05:32:08 AM »
I forgot all about this forum but someone linked to it recently from the main EQ forums. It would be cool if this got updated. It would nice to send people to one place and right now I don't know of any single public guide that covers enough things well enough. So, without getting into too many complicated/advanced things here's my suggestions:
1. Shocking Vortex was changed to ignore procs and with synergy in EoK it's even more useful than ever. It's really a must for all wizards to use.
2. The note about Thricewoven Stormstrike should really be removed. It's a terrible line and always has been.
3. The concept of a primary and second burn is simple and used to make a lot more sense with all the old stacking issues but I think it's better to get away from that line of thinking. It's hard to explain to someone new but how about this? A better way to think about it is use FD/AD when your raid isn't doing a main burn. If you know you're getting auspice/bw/iog at the start then don't use FD/AD. Wait for at least auspice to finish. Keep the crit rate high. It's up to you to be aware of what you're benefiting from and how your raid handles each event. Use GINA to make it easier to keep track. Also, I really do mean that FD/AD should be used together right now. Maybe one of your wiz can check that out if they think it sounds strange. Oh and never use sustained. I'm kind of surprised that's even listed.
4. I don't see why Claw of the Oceanlord is ever an option unless you're dealing with a mob that resists fire and that should be a separate note and doesn't really apply much at this point anyway.
5. With hole in space and AAs for reducing agro you should never ever mem any form of spell concussion or especially synapse freeze. If you really have that bad of an agro problem you need to replace your tanks. Always save room for at least shield of consequence. If you're dead you're not doing DPS but only AEs and auras and things should ever be a serious concern.
6. With EoK upgrades fury of kera/fury of ro now last 10m so use em both together unless you're in for a really long fight. Again be aware of how your events proceed. I can't stress that enough.
7. Cloudburst really needs to be in the main spell line up. Claw, vortex, fuse, cloudburst, skyblaze is better for 'starters'. And if you have ITC/FD/AD running then sure just stick with vortex, fuse, skyblaze, rimeblast. Definitely don't use claw until ITC finishes regardless of the twincast change. And just be smart about it. If you're doing EoS orQueen and the aura was just up 20 seconds ago then hey don't cast cloudburst until you get the next one. Hit Netherstep AA if you mess up somewhere.
8. EoK also came with a new version of Gambit that should be your main harvest not Quiescent Harvest. Definitely use it as much and as soon as possible.
9. The belt link https://items.eqresource.com/items.php?id=94937 should be replaced with https://items.eqresource.com/items.php?id=147558
10. The glyph recommendation should really be to use Cataclysm every time its up IF you have a high crit rate. If you're doing AD/FD then use it (and use 2nd spire too obviously). If someone hits auspice and it's back up then use another Cataclysm if you can. Really any event that's like 10mins long you should plan on getting in more than one 2nd spire and cataclysm. Lost Secrets? ugh maybe as a last resort. And yeah maybe this whole ADPS topic could be covered in full with a list of what to look out for from other classes. Things like GINA triggers for chromatic haze so you don't accidentally hit claw when you have it, etc.
11. If someone is 'really' having mana issues then they could try switching to a fleshburner and infused tome of obulus. Or if anyone is reading this while HH Seb is available. The trak tooth disease proc *should* work with fury of kera like other disease weapon procs although I don't have one to verify. That would be better than a fleshburner. Otherwise, the eok 2h is a must. It's a huge DPS increase over any TBM weapon. The tome always may solve agro problems from not having good tanks. It'll be lower DPS but better than the alternatives.
12. Add Distilled Mana Tonic as a must potion to use.
13. EOK Alliance spells should be used as much as possible but everyone should make a macro for telling a wiz channel when they're casting to avoid getting blocked.
14. Make good use of forced rejuvenation. Try and line up alliance, dicho, fuse, gambit, and claw all in a row and use forced rejuv. Basically try and get the most out of it you can. (also those AE nukes on long timers)
15. The type 3 DPS augs aren't called out. I guess it's just assumed everyone knows to get those?
16. There's a number of mobs in EOK that reflect spells. It's probably not even that useful to account for at this point but it would be good to list out all the spells which can't be reflected for those scenarios. Force nukes, shocking vortex, rimeblast cascade/hoarfrost cascade, and the self combustion spell all work fine against those flame assaulters. There might be others I'm forgetting. Any spell on eqresource that has 0 listed as the reflectable value.
17. Magmatic Burst is still useful if you don't have anything running to increase your crit rate. It's efficient and still better than Skyblaze. Plus on some events you can get the actual AE benefit like Prince or with AD adds, etc.
1. Shocking Vortex was changed to ignore procs and with synergy in EoK it's even more useful than ever. It's really a must for all wizards to use.
2. The note about Thricewoven Stormstrike should really be removed. It's a terrible line and always has been.
3. The concept of a primary and second burn is simple and used to make a lot more sense with all the old stacking issues but I think it's better to get away from that line of thinking. It's hard to explain to someone new but how about this? A better way to think about it is use FD/AD when your raid isn't doing a main burn. If you know you're getting auspice/bw/iog at the start then don't use FD/AD. Wait for at least auspice to finish. Keep the crit rate high. It's up to you to be aware of what you're benefiting from and how your raid handles each event. Use GINA to make it easier to keep track. Also, I really do mean that FD/AD should be used together right now. Maybe one of your wiz can check that out if they think it sounds strange. Oh and never use sustained. I'm kind of surprised that's even listed.
4. I don't see why Claw of the Oceanlord is ever an option unless you're dealing with a mob that resists fire and that should be a separate note and doesn't really apply much at this point anyway.
5. With hole in space and AAs for reducing agro you should never ever mem any form of spell concussion or especially synapse freeze. If you really have that bad of an agro problem you need to replace your tanks. Always save room for at least shield of consequence. If you're dead you're not doing DPS but only AEs and auras and things should ever be a serious concern.
6. With EoK upgrades fury of kera/fury of ro now last 10m so use em both together unless you're in for a really long fight. Again be aware of how your events proceed. I can't stress that enough.
7. Cloudburst really needs to be in the main spell line up. Claw, vortex, fuse, cloudburst, skyblaze is better for 'starters'. And if you have ITC/FD/AD running then sure just stick with vortex, fuse, skyblaze, rimeblast. Definitely don't use claw until ITC finishes regardless of the twincast change. And just be smart about it. If you're doing EoS orQueen and the aura was just up 20 seconds ago then hey don't cast cloudburst until you get the next one. Hit Netherstep AA if you mess up somewhere.
8. EoK also came with a new version of Gambit that should be your main harvest not Quiescent Harvest. Definitely use it as much and as soon as possible.
9. The belt link https://items.eqresource.com/items.php?id=94937 should be replaced with https://items.eqresource.com/items.php?id=147558
10. The glyph recommendation should really be to use Cataclysm every time its up IF you have a high crit rate. If you're doing AD/FD then use it (and use 2nd spire too obviously). If someone hits auspice and it's back up then use another Cataclysm if you can. Really any event that's like 10mins long you should plan on getting in more than one 2nd spire and cataclysm. Lost Secrets? ugh maybe as a last resort. And yeah maybe this whole ADPS topic could be covered in full with a list of what to look out for from other classes. Things like GINA triggers for chromatic haze so you don't accidentally hit claw when you have it, etc.
11. If someone is 'really' having mana issues then they could try switching to a fleshburner and infused tome of obulus. Or if anyone is reading this while HH Seb is available. The trak tooth disease proc *should* work with fury of kera like other disease weapon procs although I don't have one to verify. That would be better than a fleshburner. Otherwise, the eok 2h is a must. It's a huge DPS increase over any TBM weapon. The tome always may solve agro problems from not having good tanks. It'll be lower DPS but better than the alternatives.
12. Add Distilled Mana Tonic as a must potion to use.
13. EOK Alliance spells should be used as much as possible but everyone should make a macro for telling a wiz channel when they're casting to avoid getting blocked.
14. Make good use of forced rejuvenation. Try and line up alliance, dicho, fuse, gambit, and claw all in a row and use forced rejuv. Basically try and get the most out of it you can. (also those AE nukes on long timers)
15. The type 3 DPS augs aren't called out. I guess it's just assumed everyone knows to get those?
16. There's a number of mobs in EOK that reflect spells. It's probably not even that useful to account for at this point but it would be good to list out all the spells which can't be reflected for those scenarios. Force nukes, shocking vortex, rimeblast cascade/hoarfrost cascade, and the self combustion spell all work fine against those flame assaulters. There might be others I'm forgetting. Any spell on eqresource that has 0 listed as the reflectable value.
17. Magmatic Burst is still useful if you don't have anything running to increase your crit rate. It's efficient and still better than Skyblaze. Plus on some events you can get the actual AE benefit like Prince or with AD adds, etc.