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I'm playing a Human Blaster right now... its fun... but long term I think controller might be better off.

First and foremost you should read the "Wizard's Handbook": http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1039126 Very well written guide on 4e Wizards. - - - - - - - - I'd say humans for two reasons... action points and the action surge feat. One more at-will power. Dex is good for blast...

I'm still confused... someone make it clearer please ?

As a player I really like the minion thing. They are crunchy and they make combat interesting.

Many of these powers are only to be "visualized" with magic. Since I remember very fondly the Eartdawn RPG it doesn't bother me as much. But I am avoiding reading roleplaying material from the 4e... because it certainly will be wierd attempts at explaining powers without magic.

Gaming Session report: So I picked Thunderwave against all my expectations. It still is very hard to use without hitting allies. I seriously considered using it despite the dwarf being in the area once. Since we hit a lot of kobolds it was quite useful... but I missed having the Cold Ray and...

( these powers above are ranger ... just helping those that might be reading ) If you don't like a power you can always retrain... so its not a big issue.

I just played a Wizard... so Wizards should just fire away at minions since area spells are good for that. Otherwise its wiser to concentrate on 1 bad guy and take him out. For the simple reason that it means one less attack on the group.

Is picking a Thiefling Wizard for that feat with +1/+1 to fire spells worthwhile ?

I like ray of frost because its vs. FORT. The slow effect is nice. Still... what has been said about AOOs might change my mind to Thunderwave... ForceOrb is nice because you can use it in the middle of your friends... secondary hits are only against enemies. You definetely convinced me of...

Icy seems the best midway spell. Its "control" because it hampers movement and might make some foes prone. Its damage is sub-par and similar to schorching burst. Yet Force Orb requires foes to be adjacent... so at the very best you get 2 or 3 targets.

My choices so far: At-Will: MM / Scorching / Ray Frost (or thunder?) Daily: Flaming Sphere (& Sleep) Encounter: Divided... Icy ?

Some Area of Effect have "miss = 1/2 damage"...

What about 1st lvl encounter spells ? Which one is best ? Icy Terrain, Force Orb or Burning hands ?

From many topics I've read... its seems like the Wizard's primary "job" is to waste minions as quickly as possible. So it seems minions are a frequent occurence in 4e

I see Schorching Burst as the only "must have" spell... yet it seems others don't think so... Magic Missile is very nostalgic... :cool: - - - - - Is combat so minion oriented now ?

If you had to chose only 2 at-will spells (non-human)... what would you pick besides Scorching Burst ?

Question about Flaming Sphere: It says any creature that "starts its turn next to the sphere takes 1d4+INT" (no save.. wow) Does that include the creature that I attacked and took the initial 2d6+INT ? Which means the original target always gets hit for both damages ? If I use a Move to move...

Wisdom modifier damage only... not much.

Nothing stops you from using shifting back 1 square away from melee monsters and just using Scorching Burst instead of Thunderwave. (Burst 1 = 3x3) Which 3 at-will would you suggest ? Is MM that useless ? PS: I've never played 4th edition. Only read the book these few days...