Like Saylah I find myself soloing a lot of W101's content, and a Death Wizard is very well suited to do just that. I even soloed The Ironworks Instance in Marleybone, twice. There were a couple of close calls but nothing so close that I was freaking out. Usually it was just my Health falling below 500 points before I was able to deal out the finishing blow.
Your Soloing ability is also greatly enhanced by use of RMT or Crown Gear, and my Death Wizard has the 25 RMT Cloak and Boots, but not the fugly Hats. After that last horribly inappropriate outfit, as much as it would have benefited me, I couldn't even bring myself to buy the 30 RMT Hat, which looks not unlike the Jester-style Hat I had at level 12.
That Cap of the Banshee is my current Hat, which you'll get to see later.I thought about farming the Boss-dropped Death School Hat, so I looked up where it dropped. It only drops off the final Marleybone Boss, Moewiarty himself, who is located on the 15th Floor of the Big Ben Instance. Yeah, like I'm really going to "farm" him, running the Instance numerous times, just to get a hat which is not only inferior to the RMT Hat...but still makes me look like a freaking Court Jester!!!
The game rewarded my adherence to style with the Cap of the Banshee:
While it may not give me a Health Buff like the RMT & Boss Hats, and there's no extra chance of a Power Pip, nor increased Accuracy, it does come with a +4% Attack Bonus to my Death spells, and a +8% Resistance to Death magicks. Ok, so that's not as good as the overall Offense and Defensive bonuses of the RMT Hat, but who cares? It's a freaking Bowler! Not only does it look totally cool, but it dropped in the very same color you see in the picture. It came matched for my outfit! And, I may be the only one to say it, but I think it completes the look, and my Death Wizard looks like a real Uber bad ass in it :)
John Shadowblade...Undead Hunter?Damn straight!
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Lookin' stylish, Capn. I've restarted a Balance wizard after growing a bit dissatisfied with my Myth wizard. I'm still contemplating a secondary... Death and Fire are the frontrunners so far. I love the leech mechanic for being able to keep my wizard going, but Balance has more ways to boost elemental damage as opposed to Death damage. *shrug*
@Tesh - Balance is ALL win Tesh! I would Death as your second, followed by Storm or Fire for some burst damage as third. If we ever get a way to reset training points, I will change mine to Balance with Death/Fire. Right now I'm Storm and it's just too unreliable for soloing big instances and bosses.
@John - It was great having you pop in to help heal last night. I wish W101 did screen-shots I would have gotten some. I was using something on trial basis but it ran out and I couldn't save any pictures from the action.
I've been making a conscious decision to choose PIP chance over health and mana. When soloing the advantage far outweighs the small difference it total health/mana. I can now almost always summon a minion by the second turn which is crucial if I'm soloing 3+ mobs or a very high health boss.
You're lookin' good and makes me want to start up a Death Mage which is what I want if I'm never able to reset talent points on the Balance character. However, if I can go Balance/Death at some point, I think I'd like to roll a Life or Myth.
Myth has been fun, and the early access to minions is really nice. I just like Balance more, as it fits my "jack of all trades" flexible style more. My Myth/Fire wizard has been fairly strong.
Hrm. I really wish I had more time to play the game. I'm quite enjoying it, and it's good to hear about you "advanced" folk enjoying it as well. I've been on the W101 bandwagon since Beta, but my playtime is so constricted that I'm always behind. *shrug*
@Tesh - Lots of options and strategic choices to be made or not made, in this kid's game, which is why I'm loving it.
I too have found that Balance fits my play-style very well whereas Storm not at all, which I hope I can fix some day. I'm a slow and steady kind of player, so Death would be more beneficial to me than the high fizzy/burst damage of Storms. Death also has very nice synergies with Balance blades. *cries* Please KI let me change secondary schools some day soon!
tesh saylah are you there cause i wanna be friends with you guys cause i like balance and myth well depeneds
tesh are you on plz tell me cause i wanna be friends.
Jaocb nice death wizard charles goldencoin i know you.
bye now.
wow
well, I never knew such a hat like that, well, actully existed. I guess you buy them from bazaar. Its expensive there. Please tell me what made this website from ty!
Did you know that for a small cost in crowns, the seamstress next to Zeke can combine that stats of any clothing item with the looks of another of the same type (hat, cloak, boots, etc.)?
You could have the stats you want, and the look too.
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