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<blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 7554647" data-attributes="member: 5889"><p>Certainly not every experience, but my point remains that DMs have a lot of ability to control the balance of the game. If I'm playing a badass melee fighter....and my DM throws nothing but long ranged combat into the mix....I'll bet that player starts thinking melee fighters are weak. Vice Versa, if all combats start with an ambush right in melee, melee fighters look dominantly powerful.</p><p></p><p>The wizard is no difference. If I'm playing a fireball slinging evoker (or for low levels shatter), and the enemies never clump up for me....than yeah I'm not going to feel very strong. But good DMs will know to throw the evoker a bone every once in a while, and give them that sweet group of mooks they get to blow up....and suddenly everyone goes "holy crap that wizard is powerful!".</p><p></p><p>That's why white room analysis on Class abilities here is not going to solve anything. Now if the real issue is certain spells are weak....than lets have that debate. But if the focus is "wizards just plain suck", I'm sorry....but as a DM I have plenty of opportunity to showcase my wizard player's power, and its not even difficult.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stalker0, post: 7554647, member: 5889"] Certainly not every experience, but my point remains that DMs have a lot of ability to control the balance of the game. If I'm playing a badass melee fighter....and my DM throws nothing but long ranged combat into the mix....I'll bet that player starts thinking melee fighters are weak. Vice Versa, if all combats start with an ambush right in melee, melee fighters look dominantly powerful. The wizard is no difference. If I'm playing a fireball slinging evoker (or for low levels shatter), and the enemies never clump up for me....than yeah I'm not going to feel very strong. But good DMs will know to throw the evoker a bone every once in a while, and give them that sweet group of mooks they get to blow up....and suddenly everyone goes "holy crap that wizard is powerful!". That's why white room analysis on Class abilities here is not going to solve anything. Now if the real issue is certain spells are weak....than lets have that debate. But if the focus is "wizards just plain suck", I'm sorry....but as a DM I have plenty of opportunity to showcase my wizard player's power, and its not even difficult. [/QUOTE]
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