-The skill tiers we currently have for Wizard may well be out of date.
-Things can be deceiving, and we don't know how everything will work yet.
However, reading through the skills of the Wizard, I feel like the class is missing the real punch that the Sorceress had in Diablo II. The trend in the skills seems to be summoned Aoe spells (Wave of Force, Explosive Blast, Frost Nova, Blizzard, Meteor), or channeled spells (Ray of Frost, Disintegrate, Electrocute). There are a few other offensive skills that are non-melee oriented, but my real point is that there are not any real heavy-hitting, forward momentum type skills. Chain Lightning and Blizzard Orb were some of the most effective skills in the entire game of Diablo II. They did tons of damage (Assuming no immunes :)) and could clear a damn room.
Channeling is always a risky proposition, especially if you're only realistically allowed to hit one target at a time with it. And any kind of fast moving enemy makes summoned aoe like Meteor and Blizzard hard to use without either A. not doing any damage or B. not getting killed.
So, I'd have to say that of all the classes' currently listed skills, I'm least excited about the Wizard. Which to me is very sad because Sorc was my favorite overall class in Diablo II.
Thoughts?
I love the fact now that it seems the wizrd class will take some skill to play, without the use of followers of course. I didnt enjoy sorcs in d2 or any other character that could clear screens in seconds. It took away the fun and strategy out of it for me. But I suppose blizzard will have a overpowered class to satisfy some players.
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I love the fact now that it seems the wizrd class will take some skill to play, without the use of followers of course. I didnt enjoy sorcs in d2 or any other character that could clear screens in seconds. It took away the fun and strategy out of it for me. But I suppose blizzard will have a overpowered class to satisfy some players.