Everquest II

I am a newbie to Everquest II and started a Wizard. I love DPS, but at the same time want my spells to not take 5 minutes to cast. Can someone point me to a good place for specs/ traits that people have chosen for their characters? I am looking for suggesting on what to choose. Thanks!

If your looking to do the most DPS without having to raid or have a group or X2 encounter for DPS gear then you should play a swashbucklar or a assasin.

A wizards DPS in EQ2 is greatly exaggerated by your gear. The more gear you can get that has extra dmg or crit spell chance and shorter casting timers the more DPS you will do. Also take into consideration that this game is very unbalanced for players who do not upgrade spells. If your playing a wizard you will always need the best spells, like adept 3's or better like master. Apprentice or adept 1's will not get you anywhere when fighting even con to 1-2 level higher then you. As a wizard you will get resisted a ton and dmg is significantly lower with poor spells. So you need tons of money to get your masters.

If you play a rogue type class your DPS is always high even with apprentice spells if you can't upgrade. The DPS melee spells or combat arts don't resist ever and you still do that damage. But upgrading you can do more damage.

I played a berserker level 70 EOF tier 7 raid gear and I was doing more DPS then most wizards who specialized DPS, but only on multiple targets usually. Warlocks however are king on DPS with multi targets and single targets if your a raid wizard are top and followed by assassins and swash.

The thing to remember about EQ2 when you make a class is that you need to understand that gear means everything in this game to do really well. I also had a 70 wizard with no raid gear but a good set pieces and group gear with a couple fabled. I could do tons of damage but that was after spending 100+ plat to upgrade every spell to master.

Good luck in EQ2.

You should check out the Wiazrd forum on the main EQ2 site

http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/forums/show.m?forum_id=71

Theres some great info there, especially look for posts on AA set up to maximise your DPS.

Originally posted by bezado

The thing to remember about EQ2 when you make a class is that you need to understand that gear means everything in this game to do really well.

Is this game very equipment geared for every class to do well? I seem to not have any problems at low levels, but im sure it matters more toward endgame. (L24 Illus.)

I suppose its sort of a silly question since every game expects you to find good equipment as you increase in level. I just hope my gear doesnt outweigh my level of gameplay. There is nothing more annoying to me than having to search high and low for a piece of essential "loot", when all I want to do is group in a good dungeon or explore a new area.

No, bezado was slightly incorrect, however, upgrading spells IS important, but not the end of the world. Adept III spells are sufficient for everything in the game except the absolutely top tier raiding, and only 2 guilds on any given server will ever see that content. If you choose gear wisely, like he said about spell timers and spell damage and crits, then you'll be fine. There are wonderful choices for Wizards in treasured and legendary gear and can dish out a ton of damage.

What he meant to say was that bad players will always lag behind. Good players will do what is needed and L2P which is the MOST important part of any character, whether tank, healer, or DPS. Don't believe me? 3 characters, Wizard, Paladin (oh woe is me :)) and a Swashbuckler at top level.

OP: Hit the eq2forums, although they're a bit newbish for good info sometimes, but pretty accurate, or eq2flames for more accurate info if you can put up with the attitude.