Hi guys - it looked like the wizard console feedback needed atleast someone to toss in their 2 cents so I figured I'd give some input.

so I've played on pc from 2016 to 2018 then on PlayStation since launch to now. My current gear is 283kutum Ap and maybe 300 dp (tet armor with pen weapons basically)

generally I want to say overall I think the wizard class rework looks pretty good and appreciate the efforts the developers have put into it.

the new succession ranger fire skill adds some extra needed range to the tool kit and i think many players are excited about it.  Personally I think the lava trail animation on the ground looks a little odd when casted from different terrain heights/ hills / walls but I understand the need to have a "tell" animation to let players know they might be hit with a ranged fire spell and the River of fire animation achieved this purpose

In succession I think the one concern many players have is the mobility and survival issues wizards have now in the new era of bdo with the last few classes (nova/Corsair/sage) having very fast gap closers and movement and now we've seen in the rework of older classes warrior / striker / valk / lahn/ other older classes are getting more "chase" or fast movement buffs/skills the current state of the wizard teleport - even with the fact that succession has 2 teleports doesn't provide adequate movement to catch or runaway in a fight as many other class chase abilities can be used continuously .  I think maybe either improving the second succession teleports cooldown or perhaps making it go much further distance could be something to improve wizard mobility.  To not make this new suggested teleport too overpowered - I think perhaps giving it a super armor instead of iframe could be a acceptable balance.  We saw this with sage work out effective .  How greater movement was achieved and balanced with the ability to take damage thru iframe changed to super armor.  That's just a general concern I think wizards have now is if any of more than half the classes catch you - your probably going to be killed because you can't run away.  This is also noteworthy as many classes have a grab mechanics that virtually guarantee them a kill if successful and offers them little downside to using it.

i think some of the older skills that were designed many years ago could use some tweaks .  The biggest one in my opinion is mana shield .  I think it needs to be buffed to be effective in todays high AP world of bdo or perhaps consider changing it to just be a PVE skill that say has like a 1 min reduction in monster shield so it helps wizard survival while grinding more dangerous monster areas.  Currently mana players try using it in PVP and only get frustrated that with 1 hit your left with no mana , which means you can't cast any skills and are left to die . 

on awakening I think the new skills are being received very well and players are excited for them.  I see the new skills greatly helping awakening wizard PvE which was always lower in efficiency when compares to other classes.

Many players like the frontal guard return to chilling wave.  It is a nice improvement that adds some defensive ability in close combat with wizards .

I think there could be improvements on the wizard grab landing more successful as it seems to never land properly but I see some other classes grabs like Nova or Lahn have their grab seem to be much more better executed.  

The movement on awakening I think is even more of a concern on wizards in the context of todays faster movement bdo.  The teleport mobility is too limited on awakening .  I think it would be fair to give it a second teleport - similar to succession.  I think this could be balanced as mentioned above with switching the iframe for super armor .  The alternative suggestion I have would be to add a extra skill to enable to awakened wizard to have the sideward evasion spin go a much further distance so they can dodge skills.  Currently even many melee classes skills (and older rework classes are having AoEs ranged increase ) so the attempt of a wizard to try to dodge a player by moving sideways si going to end up with them taking damage anyway simply because the skill doesn't move them far enough.  Many other classes have sideways movement that lets them properly evade another class even without a super armor.  The awakened wizard only has teleport which has a rather long cooldown and is their only mobility.  

that's the most important items on the feedback from my stand point.  I appreciate the wor you guys are putting into the classes and look forward to playing them on console one day.  I think wizards realize we don't want a rework that makes them more powerful or unbalanced but I think with most other classes getting faster and higher damage is wizards want atleast a fair method to try to avoid or catch other classes - which I think is one of our biggest concerns at the moment.  

take care

ChrisPS5

Hi friends.

Kind regards, I would like to thank you for the search to improve and update the game,

I have been playing BDO Console for two years and I have a level 63 wizard with 277 AP Kutum and 330 DP, and I certainly conser with the new Classes and mobility that they now have almost All the es in the game, it is my appreciation that the wizard has lagged behind, since I have been doing PVP tests against other es with AP and DP similar or lower than mine and still, they tend to do more damage than the wizard, and They have a lot more mobility than wizards have, which uses teleports to get in and out of PVP fights but with too much cooldown time, I think the wizard is currently at a disadvantage in PVP against other es and it would be necessary to improve their mobility and animations to be in the same condition as other es. It is my opinion and I believe that of all the wizards with whom I have talked about the subject.

Thank you for your attention.

ElMister 

I believe that some of the older talents, which were created many years ago, could benefit from some improvements. Mana shield is the most important to me. I believe it has to be boosted in order to be successful in today's high AP world of bdo, or perhaps it should be changed to just be a PVE ability with a 1 minute reduction in monster shield to aid wizard survival when grinding more dangerous monster locations. Mana players currently try to use it in PVP and are unhappy when they run out of mana after one hit, leaving them unable to cast any skills and destined to die. io games

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