New to being a Mage

[MikeyG]

Ice Bolt and Lightning Bolt can stay at level 1. They are garbage at most, but good to flick at enemies when your good spells are in cooldown. By the time you get Ice Blast and Lightning Blast (in the 50's), you'll forget about these spells almost completely.

Lightening bolt is ALOT more useful when skill spamming then lightening blast.
Lightening blast is the most worthless combat skill there is. Long cast time + high sp use + low dmg? .. fail..

And lightening bolts damage matched my firebolts, and is also useful when kiting ( if you kite )

Learn to cast Ice Bolt or Ice Blast first for their slow down effects. It can buy you some time while you spit spells at enemies.

Cant even remember the last time I used those.. imo ice blast isnt
worth getting either if you do not have the money. And the skill
itself is only good in your low lvls or if your a shitty mage in your high
lvls and only solo one mob at a time.

I realise these are your ideas/opinions, but I suggest not reccomending the wrong thing to people.


Gunna suggest using these skill empowers,
If you dont pvp substitute the points on fear
and put them on magic burst.

[EdwardWarlock]

Lightening bolt is ALOT more useful when skill spamming then lightening blast.
Lightening blast is the most worthless combat skill there is. Long cast time + high sp use + low dmg? .. fail..

And lightening bolts damage matched my firebolts, and is also useful when kiting ( if you kite )



Cant even remember the last time I used those.. imo ice blast isnt
worth getting either if you do not have the money. And the skill
itself is only good in your low lvls or if your a shitty mage in your high
lvls and only solo one mob at a time.

I realise these are your ideas/opinions, but I suggest not reccomending the wrong thing to people.


Gunna suggest using these skill empowers,
If you dont pvp substitute the points on fear
and put them on magic burst.

Point taken. Lightning Bolt IS a lot more useful than Lightning Blast, so if you pulling a monster or running from a boss you tanking it's nice to have two spells to run with. I will admit that I rarely use either spell, because with max damage on Fire Bolt, Fire Ball, and Magic Blast (+ Nova Frost), most monsters are already dead or dying. I throw Magic Missile and maybe Lightning in for kicks. Ice Bolt/Blast is only good as a starter spell when you soloing or screwing with a boss (due to the slowdown). I do admit the next tier spells (outside of Fire Ball) are garbage at most. If it wasn't for Nova, Inferno, Drain Mind and Chain Casting I'd stop playing my Enchanter completely.

Magic Burst max damage is good, I had that empowerment up until 60. Not bad after wards either it seems, if like having a monster fan club at all times like myself.