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<blockquote data-quote="evilbob" data-source="post: 4717941" data-attributes="member: 9789">Mercurius:&nbsp; Definitely missing something.&nbsp; But don't feel bad:&nbsp; it was easy to miss.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />The truth is, wizards are incredibly powerful, but only if you pick the right powers.&nbsp; Their at-wills are, in fact, slightly inferior to the new controller classes:&nbsp; it's true.&nbsp; However, I have yet to see any class (including PHB2 classes - well, except maybe barbarians) that can compete with wizard dailies.Not all wizard dailies, mind you:&nbsp; in fact, most are flat out horrible.&nbsp; But the ones that are good are SO good that you'll realize that wizards really can be &quot;strikery&quot; controllers that can do very good damage to multiple foes.&nbsp; For example:&nbsp; stinking cloud is the most powerful ability in the game at level 5, and probably remains so through at least paragon tier.&nbsp; It's that good.&nbsp; In a recent game, I was playing a wizard who coupled this power with the shadowfel gloves, and I realized that I was doing just as much damage per enemy as our striker (rouge with combat advantage), except I could hit 2-4 foes each round.&nbsp; Granted, it's not every single battle that this can happen, but when it does the damage output from stinking cloud can easily put a striker to shame.All that said, I am certainly looking forward to Arcane Power, as the developers have basically said that this will finally give some real options to the wizard class and help it come into its own.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="evilbob, post: 4717941, member: 9789"] Mercurius: Definitely missing something. But don't feel bad: it was easy to miss. :) The truth is, wizards are incredibly powerful, but only if you pick the right powers. Their at-wills are, in fact, slightly inferior to the new controller classes: it's true. However, I have yet to see [I]any[/I] class (including PHB2 classes - well, except maybe barbarians) that can compete with wizard dailies. Not all wizard dailies, mind you: in fact, most are flat out horrible. But the ones that are good are SO good that you'll realize that wizards really can be "strikery" controllers that can do very good damage to multiple foes. For example: stinking cloud is the most powerful ability in the game at level 5, and probably remains so through at least paragon tier. It's that good. In a recent game, I was playing a wizard who coupled this power with the shadowfel gloves, and I realized that I was doing just as much damage per enemy as our striker (rouge with combat advantage), except I could hit 2-4 foes each round. Granted, it's not every single battle that this can happen, but when it does the damage output from stinking cloud can easily put a striker to shame. All that said, I am certainly looking forward to Arcane Power, as the developers have basically said that this will finally give some real options to the wizard class and help it come into its own. [/QUOTE]

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