1st Life PM Feats

[WanderingGrump]

Hi Folks,

I am having a debate with feat choices for my first life human PM. Right now I have the toon at 18 and am going to be doing a LR to drop my two Rogue levels I had for levelling. This means I am planning my end game feat list and currently it's a little bit of a debate for me. Right now my list for end game is:

Toughness
Extend Spell
Empower Spell
Heighten Spell
Maximize Spell
Quicken Spell
Spell Focus (Necromancy)
Spell Focus (Enchantment)
Greater Spell Focus (Necromancy)
Greater Spell Focus (Enchantment)
Insightful Reflexes
Mental Toughness
Skill Focus: UMD

First I am thinking dropping the SF: Enchant/GSF: Enchant for Spell Pen/Greater Spell Pen. The other debate is over Mental Toughness/UMD and grabbing the Shield Profiecency/Mastery feats. Right now this is a very undergeared toon I haven't even had the chance to make my GreenSteel yet and while I have some of the easy Epic items (Ornimental Dagger, Epic Robe of Shadow, Epic Spyglass) I don't know what really would be best. I plan to keep this toon at 20 farming shroud / adq / fens / abbot / tod until I can get 20+ completions on each raid, perhaps a few others as well.

I don't know if tanking up with a shield will be better than having the UMD/Mental Toughness (for Wraith form). Ultimately I know this life I will stay at 20 until I can pull a Torc and build my GS items and that will take some time, especially getting the cleanser etc.

The only good shield I have is a Light and Darkness for this toon (which I haven't unsuppressed yet). If there is another non-epic shield I should look for let me know which one if you recommend the turtle route.

[scottmike0]

Hi Folks,

I am having a debate with feat choices for my first life human PM. Right now I have the toon at 18 and am going to be doing a LR to drop my two Rogue levels I had for levelling. This means I am planning my end game feat list and currently it's a little bit of a debate for me. Right now my list for end game is:

Toughness
Extend Spell
Empower Spell
Heighten Spell
Maximize Spell
Quicken Spell
Spell Focus (Necromancy)
Spell Focus (Enchantment)
Greater Spell Focus (Necromancy)
Greater Spell Focus (Enchantment)
Insightful Reflexes
Mental Toughness
Skill Focus: UMD

First I am thinking dropping the SF: Enchant/GSF: Enchant for Spell Pen/Greater Spell Pen. The other debate is over Mental Toughness/UMD and grabbing the Shield Profiecency/Mastery feats. Right now this is a very undergeared toon I haven't even had the chance to make my GreenSteel yet and while I have some of the easy Epic items (Ornimental Dagger, Epic Robe of Shadow, Epic Spyglass) I don't know what really would be best. I plan to keep this toon at 20 farming shroud / adq / fens / abbot / tod until I can get 20+ completions on each raid, perhaps a few others as well.

I don't know if tanking up with a shield will be better than having the UMD/Mental Toughness (for Wraith form). Ultimately I know this life I will stay at 20 until I can pull a Torc and build my GS items and that will take some time, especially getting the cleanser etc.

The only good shield I have is a Light and Darkness for this toon (which I haven't unsuppressed yet). If there is another non-epic shield I should look for let me know which one if you recommend the turtle route.

OHHH your missing spell pen( a needed feat for casters)
edit: i thought wizards only get 11 feat?

[WanderingGrump]

Human Wiz will get 13 total with the bonus feat, other races get 12.

Levelling I did go with the dual spell focus but since U9 that doesn't seem to be as important and while I do Otto's Ball some I've been reading I am better off with a Heightend Web for cc in epics so I think the Enchantment will go for Spell Pen.

I still can't decide if I want to go for the Shield Prof/Mastery or the UMD/Mental Toughness route. UMD would be **** handy since I only have the Golden Cartouche and the Spyglass boosting my UMD, but a CHA Skills GS item is probably going to be the first one I make (3xPos SP Necklace/Raise Dead Clicky). Of the feat list there really isn't anything better than Mental Toughness.

Augment Summoning would only be useful doing HoX until I epic Roderic's Wand. I don't see Enlarge worthwhile to me... nor anything else save perhaps a second Toughness and I should top 400 HP at 20 with only a single toughness and that should be enough for a first life toon.

[SoloPhalanx]

Toughness
Extend Spell
Empower Spell
Heighten Spell
Maximize Spell
Quicken Spell
Spell Focus (Necromancy)
Spell Focus (Enchantment)
Greater Spell Focus (Necromancy)
Greater Spell Focus (Enchantment)
Insightful Reflexes
[s]Mental Toughness[/s]
[s]Skill Focus: UMD[/s]

First I am thinking dropping the SF: Enchant/GSF: Enchant for Spell Pen/Greater Spell Pen. The other debate is over Mental Toughness/UMD and grabbing the Shield Profiecency/Mastery feats. Right now this is a very undergeared toon I haven't even had the chance to make my GreenSteel yet and while I have some of the easy Epic items (Ornimental Dagger, Epic Robe of Shadow, Epic Spyglass) I don't know what really would be best. I plan to keep this toon at 20 farming shroud / adq / fens / abbot / tod until I can get 20+ completions on each raid, perhaps a few others as well.

On a first life caster I'd say it's a must to invest heavily into spell Pen. that means both feats and going all the way in the enhancments. I did so in my second life (so thats an extra +2 even) and I don't regret it. If you want it to be reliable on eChrono/eDA, you'll need it.

First, I'd definitely recommend dropping both mental thoughness and SF:UMD. both are sub par. While Wraith form may be interesting, Lich is superior in 95% of the content, and that's what you should be using at all times.
Regarding UMD, don't really see a point in it. You're able to watch over yourself, no need to do big sacrifices (which it is), to watch over others.

I'd recommend that to be the only change you do. Shield Mastery is a nice feat, though one I wouldn't take in a first life Wiz. Depending on your DCs, it might be doable to get it and swap out GSF: Enchantment though.

What are your DCs? Could you give us that (for necro, enchantment and conjuration) and an Int breakdown?

[thx.janus]

I would take:

Toughness
Spell Focus Necro
Greater Spell Focus Necro
Spell Focus Enchant
Greater Spell Focus Enchant
Maximize
Heighten
Extend
Quicken
Empower
Spell Penetration
Greater Spell Penetration (must have!)
Insightful reflexes