So, I typically run with melee types -- finger waggling isn't my thing.. however, after spending the better part of a week going through characters to no avail, I made a random sorcerer earlier, autoleveled to 4 and ran chrono -- and had a blast, moreso than any character i've played so far -- apparently what I was looking for was the swiss army knife that is spell casting -- well that, and watching the level 20 wizard in the run pretty much solo it

Which leads me to this post -- I'm looking to make a more.. permenant character, either a sorcerer or a wizard -- not much in the way of builds, plenty of wierd /3 /4 sorc splash hybrids, but nothing really.. :solid: (if there is something and i'm just missing it, i'd appreciate a link) -- looking on ddo wiki I am pretty sure I'd enjoy a air savant, and from what I've read air/water is the way to go in the end game

Fire obviously, is the way to go for leveling (and since enh are pocket change to reset, not a problem) -- But spell selection is, I know if I go sorc (unless there is a decently compelling argument to the contrary), spell slots will be slim, therefore I should try and fit what I can in.

So, that leads me to the TRUE TLDR portion of this post

Questions:

1.) Wizard vs Sorc, I know the former has easier access to spells, the latter has stupidly massive mana pools, but for someone who prefers to group (but would enjoy being able to solo things if I come across a 'dry spell' -- which i'm noticing my other characters have

2.) Race! Human is my first instinct, but I see a lot of people run WF, which I suppose makes sense self-healing and whatnot, but.. since spell slots are tight anyhow.. would I be gimping my self too much going fleshy (see above about soloability)? or should I just not worry about it
3.) Spells? if I go sorc, what should I shove in what slots? what should I avoid? (I know I've read a bit about shield vs nightshield, which.. first instinct is automatically shield for me, so good thing I read, heh!)

Sorry for the incredibly noobish questions but..gotta start somewhere? heh.