number of spells

[Veljko]

It seems that this spell point system gives a lot more spells per day for casting to wizards then in D&D (though not a lot more of DIFFERENT spells), but I'd like to know if it's going to stay like that at higher levels, that is if spell point progression is proportional to spell point costs or it falls behind eventually ?
Simply put if a 1. level wizard can cast about 15 level 1 spells does that mean that a high level wizard will be able to cast about 15 spells of his highest spell level (provided he doesn't spend anything on weaker spells at least) ?
Those spells may be more powerfull, but the monsters get proportionally more powerfull too, so if I get less spells of the highest spell level at higher levels I'm gonna be in a jam...

P.S.
It looks like there's no damage from friendly fire in DDO, that's awesome for wizards, that means fireballs, meteor storms and the like are gonna be much more powerfull and simpler to use then in D&D.

[wax_on_wax_off]

It generally stays proportional to how it is at level 1.

However, metamagics affect that in mid levels when you need to have metamagics active to be affective but that decreases the number of spells you can cast. At higher levels the output of metamagics vs spell point cost is positive so you'll always have them on.

At higher levels the foes have so many HP that regular blast em spells aren't effective for the SP cost enough so in most grouping quests you'll find yourself using a lot of crowd control and buffing spells for the easy mobs and then unloading all your SP on the boss with some fully metamagicced spells.

The new Archmage PrE changes this a bit and Palemaster has some similar utility to increase output with minimal SP usage.

The biggest trick playing a caster i think is learning to ration your SPs so that you run out just as you reach the next shrine. I never take mental toughness on any of my casters as it is much better to increase the effectiveness of your spells long before worrying about the amount of SPs that you have. Furthermore there is lots of items and enhancements which give boosts to SP.