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1 year ago  ::  May 24, 2012 - 1:39PM #11
mysticbelmont
Date Joined: Jun 8, 2008
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I was hoping that wizards would get d6 hit die.
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1 year ago  ::  May 24, 2012 - 1:41PM #12
Gunthar
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May 24, 2012 -- 1:31PM, Mand12 wrote:

May 24, 2012 -- 1:29PM, Rake wrote:

Got the shaft again? When has the wizard ever "gotten the shaft"?



This is my question...




No S#$@!

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1 year ago  ::  May 24, 2012 - 1:48PM #13
Darrius_Adler
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At the start of 4e the wizard was the least useful class over all imo.  In fact over the course of playing 4e in my group the people who favored the wizard in past editions gave up on the class.  I have heard that the problems got fixed a bit eventually but never saw another wizard in play.  I also remember reading that the developers confessed they cut the wizard down too much in 4e at one point on the site.

Prior to 4e the wizard was generally pretty good, maybe not the best but still a good class that was fun to play.
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1 year ago  ::  May 24, 2012 - 1:51PM #14
smooshman
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May 24, 2012 -- 1:48PM, Darrius_Adler wrote:

At the start of 4e the wizard was the least useful class over all imo.  In fact over the course of playing 4e in my group the people who favored the wizard in past editions gave up on the class.  I have heard that the problems got fixed a bit eventually but never saw another wizard in play.  I also remember reading that the developers confessed they cut the wizard down too much in 4e at one point on the site.

Prior to 4e the wizard was generally pretty good, maybe not the best but still a good class that was fun to play.




the wizard is one of the strongest classes in 4e. easily. not many other classes can say they knock out an entire enemy team out, and end an entire encounter before it begins... at level 1. 

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1 year ago  ::  May 24, 2012 - 1:52PM #15
Sularoth
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May 24, 2012 -- 1:48PM, Darrius_Adler wrote:

At the start of 4e the wizard was the least useful class over all imo.  In fact over the course of playing 4e in my group the people who favored the wizard in past editions gave up on the class.  I have heard that the problems got fixed a bit eventually but never saw another wizard in play.  I also remember reading that the developers confessed they cut the wizard down too much in 4e at one point on the site.

Prior to 4e the wizard was generally pretty good, maybe not the best but still a good class that was fun to play.


idk i played a wizard and a mage to paragon. my first ever char was a illusionist deva. was so happy with that. then right at the end my human pyromancer was beyond broken. when ur level 3 party takes down lvl 11-13 creatures and like half levels in encounters, somethings gone wrong. on a side note my friend played a summoner once, and that seems to really own against elite encounters

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1 year ago  ::  May 24, 2012 - 1:55PM #16
GelatinousOctahedron
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Darrius, 4E Wizard very early on had issues since they made it a weak blaster by default, though orb wizards were broken good at higher levels because of how orb of imposition scaled.

As is wizards are one of the more powerful 4E classes, though the Arcanist are now weaker than the Mage wizards that came out in essentials.  Edit: I would be reluctant as a DM to allow more than one wizard in a party because of how they work and their power level.

IME Next wizards are fine.
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1 year ago  ::  May 24, 2012 - 1:55PM #17
RedValkyrie
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May 24, 2012 -- 1:39PM, mysticbelmont wrote:

I was hoping that wizards would get d6 hit die.




But they don't. Take a quick look at the High-Elf Wizard PDF, and you'll findhim using the d4

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1 year ago  ::  May 24, 2012 - 1:55PM #18
Salla
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May 24, 2012 -- 1:48PM, Darrius_Adler wrote:



Prior to 4e the wizard was generally pretty good, maybe not the best but still a good class that was fun to play.




The wizard has always been one of the strongest classes in the game.  In 3e, it was third only behind the cleric and druid for brokenness.

Another day, another three or four entries to my Ignore List.
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1 year ago  ::  May 24, 2012 - 1:56PM #19
Gunthar
Date Joined: Feb 1, 2005
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May 24, 2012 -- 1:48PM, Darrius_Adler wrote:

At the start of 4e the wizard was the least useful class over all imo.  In fact over the course of playing 4e in my group the people who favored the wizard in past editions gave up on the class.  I have heard that the problems got fixed a bit eventually but never saw another wizard in play.  I also remember reading that the developers confessed they cut the wizard down too much in 4e at one point on the site.

Prior to 4e the wizard was generally pretty good, maybe not the best but still a good class that was fun to play.




Former edition Wizard players didn't like the new version because it wasn't clearly the most powerful class in the game (excepting 3E Clerics/Druids).

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1 year ago  ::  May 24, 2012 - 1:56PM #20
Jim11735
Date Joined: Jun 1, 2009
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They don't need a shaft or daggers, they have Magic Missile.
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