Sorcerer is disgustingly unplayable

[UnlivingEnd]

Everything can hit you for at least a third of your health. Everything has a lunge attack that can close the distance between you almost instantly. Your basic attack does no damage and has no impact. Your spells take too long to cast even if you rush them. 1v1 is impossible for above reasons. Your soft lock will constantly screw you over because it’s a massive downgrade from the first game. Overall playing this vocation makes for an unfair and frustrating experience. They are unplayable.

[NineInchNall]

Publicado originalmente por Black Hammer:

One of the skills gets backed into the Y button now, so we have more like 5 skills than 4.

Not for all vocations. Sure, Mage has Anodyne on Y, but Magick Archer just has a targeting mode switch rather than a real skill.

[Lil Monke]

Publicado originalmente por louveteau01:

another noob that complain about how the class are supposed to work, go play fortnite

Hey why don't you try helping instead of whining like a rude ♥♥♥♥

[Karumati]

Publicado originalmente por UnlivingEnd:

Everything can hit you for at least a third of your health. Everything has a lunge attack that can close the distance between you almost instantly. Your basic attack does no damage and has no impact. Your spells take too long to cast even if you rush them. 1v1 is impossible for above reasons. Your soft lock will constantly screw you over because it’s a massive downgrade from the first game. Overall playing this vocation makes for an unfair and frustrating experience. They are unplayable.

Dwarve armor enhancements, should help a lot

[BoogieMan]

I have over 300 hours in the first game between PC and PS3, almost all of it as Sorcerer. I have been a sorcerer for probably 60% of my 54 hours in DD2. It's significantly easier to be a sorcerer in DD2. The pawns are better about getting aggro, the mobs deliberately target you less the the first game, and most importantly, the pawns can get much farther away from you.

If you're constantly getting pressured, odds are it's one of or a combination of the following:

1. You're simply too close. You can cast spells from quite far away.
2. You can use fastspell to get most spells out faster.
3. You can use Go! (press 1 on keyboard) to command the pawns to move ahead.
4. Not using terrain to your advantage. Use levitate to get on rocks, ledges, buildings, etc.
5. Sometimes you just have to stop casting and move or levitate away from enemies.
6. Don't have at least one fast casting spell to deal with fast movers, flying enemies, or those up close. I recommend high levin. You can fast cast it in like 2 sec.

If you're still having issues, make sure you get a fighter pawn. Or make your own pawn one and give them the rings that increase aggro and the shield beat taunt, whatever it's called. Or even more than one if you need it.

[Siameasy]

sorcerer.... cast flare using quick spell, spam light attacks on the flare "mine", watch everything other than drakes die in one spell. Its so OP that i'm trying to decide which vocation to switch to as it feels cheesy.

[BoogieMan]

Publicado originalmente por Siameasy:

sorcerer.... cast flare using quick spell, spam light attacks on the flare "mine", watch everything other than drakes die in one spell. Its so OP that i'm trying to decide which vocation to switch to as it feels cheesy.

Yeah I was shocked to see the power of that spell.

[D. Flame]

Publicado originalmente por Siameasy:

sorcerer.... cast flare using quick spell, spam light attacks on the flare "mine", watch everything other than drakes die in one spell. Its so OP that i'm trying to decide which vocation to switch to as it feels cheesy.

And you can stack them.

Thief's ultimate skill is even more broken. You literally become unable to be harmed. It's literally god mode.

Then you have ones like the archer's ultimate skill which is straight garbage. It fires a slightly stronger shot, but leaves you completely drained of stamina and thus vulnerable and unable to attack afterwards.

This game is severely lacking in balance.

[KingOfFriedChicken]

Publicado originalmente por D. Flame:

Publicado originalmente por Siameasy:

sorcerer.... cast flare using quick spell, spam light attacks on the flare "mine", watch everything other than drakes die in one spell. Its so OP that i'm trying to decide which vocation to switch to as it feels cheesy.

And you can stack them.

Thief's ultimate skill is even more broken. You literally become unable to be harmed. It's literally god mode.

Then you have ones like the archer's ultimate skill which is straight garbage. It fires a slightly stronger shot, but leaves you completely drained of stamina and thus vulnerable and unable to attack afterwards.

This game is severely lacking in balance.

Mystic spear hand "hold my party wide invulnerability!" Lol

[D. Flame]

Publicado originalmente por KingOfFriedChicken:

Publicado originalmente por D. Flame:

And you can stack them.

Thief's ultimate skill is even more broken. You literally become unable to be harmed. It's literally god mode.

Then you have ones like the archer's ultimate skill which is straight garbage. It fires a slightly stronger shot, but leaves you completely drained of stamina and thus vulnerable and unable to attack afterwards.

This game is severely lacking in balance.

Mystic spear hand "hold my party wide invulnerability!" Lol

I am not that far yet.

[KingOfFriedChicken]

Publicado originalmente por D. Flame:

Publicado originalmente por KingOfFriedChicken:

Mystic spear hand "hold my party wide invulnerability!" Lol

I am not that far yet.

That far? I stumbled across it I hadn't even done Bryant's request to help the people lol I followed the elf quest pretty hard though in an effort to learn their language for my pawn. Which set off quest lines in the 2nd area, which is likely what it's tied to. But yeah story wise I'm not that far, I still haven't even gotten a permit to cross I really like to explore rofl I'm probably well past the intended route the expect me to take haha

[D. Flame]

Publicado originalmente por KingOfFriedChicken:

Publicado originalmente por D. Flame:

I am not that far yet.

That far? I stumbled across it I hadn't even done Bryant's request to help the people lol I followed the elf quest pretty hard though in an effort to learn their language for my pawn. Which set off quest lines in the 2nd area, which is likely what it's tied to. But yeah story wise I'm not that far, I still haven't even gotten a permit to cross I really like to explore rofl I'm probably well past the intended route the expect me to take haha

You also have almost double my hours invested.

[Keldrath]

I can't relate my sorc just deletes everything with meteoron or maelstrom and for trash high levin or seismic whatever does the job.

[dodger]

I was also having problems with drawing more aggro than in DD1. This is on my Sorcerer with Fighter as main pawn. Just yesterday, I upgraded my fighter pawn's aggro skill by one level. (I don't recall the name of the skill. Perhaps that made a difference. Perhaps it was just my upgrading other skills on my Sorcerer and upgrading my Archstaff. Whatever the explanation, I seem to be taking less damage and less aggro. For what it's worth, my Sorcerer and main pawn are each level 19, as of yesterday.

[D. Flame]

Publicado originalmente por ThatOneGuy:

Sorcerer hit hard? Lmao, thief says hello, they can down a drake faster than a Sorc can cast their Maister spells

A sorcerer can take out like 4 health bars in one combo.

Cast nuke.
Bank it.
Cast nuke and apply it.
Attack a few times it to rev it up.
Cast banked nuke.
Attack spam them to rev them both up.
First nuke goes off for massive damage.
first nuke further revs second nuke
second nuke explodes
GG, no re-

[Fractured]

Sorcerer is fine enough to play.

That said, it isn't 10% the magic user as the DD1 Sorcerer.

Sorcerer is waht got me into DD1, and I just can't bring myself to really have fun with DD2 Sorcerer. Flare is enjoyable, and Thundermine can be funny. About it....