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<blockquote data-quote="brehobit" data-source="post: 4400040" data-attributes="member: 12032">Good feedback folks.&nbsp; I still think the wizard is better than the strikers. Same or better AC (with lots of ways to pump that up short term), much more damage against multiple opponents, and can pull off similar damage against a solo.&nbsp; Slightly fewer hit points/surges.&nbsp; As most fights (80%+?) will involve 3+ opponents, the wizard's area attacks will do much more damage per round than anyone else.Against a solo, you just drop one of the sustainable dallies for auto-damage.&nbsp; You can do 100% for sure damage with a minor and move.&nbsp; Plus your normal attack.&nbsp; At first level that's something like 7.5 damage from a flaming sphere _per round_ plus the magic missile for 10 points that hits about half the time or an average of 12.5.A rogue with an 18 Dex and 14 Str does something like 18-20 points of damage per round (at wills) that hits about half the time.&nbsp; So that gives you slightly less damage per round (say 10-12).&nbsp; Yes, the mage spent a daily, but the rogue's daily just isn't going to matter against a solo over the whole combat.&nbsp;&nbsp; And this is in the rogue's area of specialty as a striker vs. the wizard's area of weakness (one opponent).Yes, if the mage has burned his daily already, things are different.I just feel the wizard is the most powerful over-all class.&nbsp; And this has left out all the flavorful uses of his &quot;bonus&quot; at wills in pure role-play situations.&nbsp; But the fact a lot of people disagree with me makes me happy as it implies things aren't as unbalanced as I feel...Mark</blockquote>

[QUOTE="brehobit, post: 4400040, member: 12032"] Good feedback folks. I still think the wizard is better than the strikers. Same or better AC (with lots of ways to pump that up short term), [I]much [/I]more damage against multiple opponents, and can pull off similar damage against a solo. Slightly fewer hit points/surges. As most fights (80%+?) will involve 3+ opponents, the wizard's area attacks will do much more damage per round than anyone else. Against a solo, you just drop one of the sustainable dallies for auto-damage. You can do 100% for sure damage with a minor and move. Plus your normal attack. At first level that's something like 7.5 damage from a flaming sphere _per round_ plus the magic missile for 10 points that hits about half the time or an average of 12.5. A rogue with an 18 Dex and 14 Str does something like 18-20 points of damage per round (at wills) that hits about half the time. So that gives you slightly less damage per round (say 10-12). Yes, the mage spent a daily, but the rogue's daily just isn't going to matter against a solo over the whole combat. And this is in the rogue's area of specialty as a striker vs. the wizard's area of weakness (one opponent). Yes, if the mage has burned his daily already, things are different. I just feel the wizard is the most powerful over-all class. And this has left out all the flavorful uses of his "bonus" at wills in pure role-play situations. But the fact a lot of people disagree with me makes me happy as it implies things aren't as unbalanced as I feel... Mark [/QUOTE]

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