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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vaeron" data-source="post: 5247977" data-attributes="member: 3956">I think the general consensus is that the Wizard, being the first controller they rolled out, is underpowered compared to many of the others.  I don't know anyone who plays a wizard who doesn't go total control - a damage-dealing build is just not optimal compared to warlocks (who can also be contoller-y) or even clerics (ie compare Astral Storm to Meteor Swarm).  Mearls himself is on record as saying that wizard powers (though he limited it to At-Wills) were not quite up to snuff.A couple weeks ago in one of the Essentials previews (<a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/drfe/20100706" target="_blank">http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/drfe/20100706</a>) they said as of Essentials ALL wizard Encounters will be updated to include a Miss effect.  "Aside from the rules updates introduced over the past few months, of which the relevant pieces are included in the Rules Compendium, little (if anything) on your character sheet has changed. The only real changes rest in wizard encounter spells (they have miss effects now), and those changes are almost entirely additive in nature. Your burning hands spell is the same spell as before, except now it deals half damage on a miss."So... (WILD SPECULATION ADVISORY) Perhaps a Mage-build only gains benefit of a Miss effect with his chosen School?  That would help counter-balance any perceived imbalance, as well as help maintain the old "Opposition School" mechanic, kind of.</blockquote>

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