whats the magic system like?

[DavidForums]

i love magic. i play fantasy games for the magic. i like being an all-powerful user of magic who is either greater than or equal to melee builds.

whats the magic system like in this game? Is it just as easy and versatile as melee or martial ranged builds? is magic perhaps better?

[Hugamari]

I suppose it depends on your playstyle. You're not technically restricted by gear, but you do need a spellbook to cast certain spells. You do have an off-hand though, so you could be decked out in full plate armor and have a sword and shield in your off-hand. Alternately, you could go for items with intellect boosters on them. Magic is good fun, though personally I'd love to see more masteries, as the druid is the only magic caster in the game at the moment. The druid having access to most types of spells: Fire, earth, ice, air, necromancy, summoning etc. Would love to see more specialized masteries.

[DavidForums]

Originally posted by Hugamari:

I suppose it depends on your playstyle. You're not technically restricted by gear, but you do need a spellbook to cast certain spells. You do have an off-hand though, so you could be decked out in full plate armor and have a sword and shield in your off-hand. Alternately, you could go for items with intellect boosters on them. Magic is good fun, though personally I'd love to see more masteries, as the druid is the only magic caster in the game at the moment. The druid having access to most types of spells: Fire, earth, ice, air, necromancy, summoning etc. Would love to see more specialized masteries.

i reviewed the achievement list. are any of them bugged? some have no explanation at all haha. are there any achievements related to difficulty; and as far as difficulty is concerned do you think casters would have any trouble on higher difficulties?

[Hugamari]

The ability scaling is pretty nice as it works with most aspects of your abilities, not only damage. Far as I've seen it even scales with summoned minions. Casters can most definitely survive the highest difficulty, but you may wanna watch for the big swings, as certain things can kill you instantly. (That goes for high def. fighters too =P )