started a new sorc and losing my patience! HELP!

[NoOnesShowMonkey]

I have a little level 15 sorcerer that I started and am a bit confused.

I have never played a pure caster before and am wondering if perhaps I should just re-roll wizard.

Of late, I have been smashing him through low level mobs (Mants and Thraks from 10 to 15) and am looking for the next set up to hunt. Tried Crystal Golems in the landing and find that I can easily go OOM 702ing them before I get a buzz.

This seems to be the case with anything remotely close to my level. If I try to hunt anywhere near my level, I can't buzz before going OOM. Harness Power giving 4 mana per level (plus extras for training) will eventually solve this, as will wracking, but even so I am confused as to what the point of this is.

When will I be able to like level hunt? Will I ever be able to uphunt (without blowing through tons of orbs)?

I think I may just drop this character and re-roll a Wizard swinging an e-bladed Lance!

Someone make a decent argument as to why that would be a bad idea and why Sorcerers are awesome.

[Praefection]

Wands are your friend. Or you could find someone willing to imbed 702 into a shitload of ranger made rods for you.

[Kitsun]

Pre-40, casters are pretty painful to play. Mana issues while hunting and even spelling up.

If you have a wizard friend, you can get them to charge up some sorcerer wands or quartz orbs. Otherwise, raid the pawnshop table.

[Fallen]

Are you using the CHANNEL verb? If so, are you Channeling from offensive? If so, are you doing so with one/two open hands? All of these options increase the strength of Mana Disrupt. I would suggest getting ;voodoo and setting both the stance and channel settings on. This will jump you to offensive and channel the spell. I wouldn't try 2 open hands unless you're sure nothing is going to come into the room, though.

[Deathravin]

in your first 30 days you should swing a claid. Just the way it is. Maybe a few spells, but mainly defensive spells. Once you either hit 23ish or 25 of your 30 day reallocation, then flip to a spell-caster.

Simu needs to fix low level spellcasting, it's not just you. It's very broken at lower levels. And really until 40ish you may not even fry every hunt.


I did the swinging til 30, then casting etc and my sorcerer was #1 in Shattered until ~60 or so when that bitch Bard passed me up. But the sorc was still #2 to cap. So take it or leave it.

[Fatsix]

Level 15? Try shelfae chieftains. I converted to pure at level 11. You have to under hunt a bit til 40's.

Shelfae then Krolvin (rr)

Posting your skills might help too, you might not have the desired spell ranks. Also is this character prime or shattered?