AM feats

[Bartholamew]

So, I'm currently level 13. Using web SLA and hypnotism SLA predominately with some firewalls thrown in for good measure up to this level, rest of my SP spent on buffing/ repair spells/ etc. Just got access to finger of death (woohoo), staying arch-mage for the time being because I love the SLA web and can already self-heal through WF. Here's my feat layout:

1: SF: Conjuration
1: Toughness
3: SF: Enchantment
5: Extend
6: Mental Toughness
9: Heighten
10: Maximize
12: SF: Necromancy

I ever so slightly messed up my feats because I don't qualify for AMIII right now, since I need a greater spell focus. I hate to drop ANY of those feats at the moment though, even extend because of how amazing it is on haste/ displacement/ rage. However extend is bottom dog and the one I'm most likely to ditch- is that the loser? I'd probably drop it for GSF: Necro and then pick up secondary spell mastery: necro through AMIII.

Disclaimer: I pug almost exclusively with this character, so enjoy what extended hastes bring to the table- however recasting every 1:30 can't be THAT bad, can it?

As long as I have your attention, here is my tentative spell layout through 20, any critiques appreciated:

15: Quicken (for reconstructs/ displacement in tight spots)
15: Spell Penetration
18: Greater Spell Penetration
20: Empower Spell

Not 100% committed to that order, not sure if I'll suffer from 13-15 without both spell pens (no past lives on this character, hoping to TR him through a few wizard lives). Also could see trading empower or quicken for GSF: Enchant but not solid there either. Thanks for looking,

Bart

[Myrrae]

That's a tough call - you could be spreading yourself a little thin. I think that if you're really getting your mileage out of enchant spells then maybe extend is your best bet. Alternatively you could drop SF:Enchant and see how that plays... Looks like with the feat order if you take GSF:Necro you'll need multiple feat swaps or a LR though.

Empower is also 'optional' for an AM so you could always take extend at the end, or earlier and delay getting your spell penn/greater spell penn.

I am of the opinion that while no extend means you might not have 100% uptime on Haste and it's a bit of a nuisance... people can buy haste potions if it's that important to them, and you can always cast it on critical fights.

[Bartholamew]

That's a tough call - you could be spreading yourself a little thin. I think that if you're really getting your mileage out of enchant spells then maybe extend is your best bet. Alternatively you could drop SF:Enchant and see how that plays... Looks like with the feat order if you take GSF:Necro you'll need multiple feat swaps or a LR though.

Empower is also 'optional' for an AM so you could always take extend at the end, or earlier and delay getting your spell penn/greater spell penn.

I am of the opinion that while no extend means you might not have 100% uptime on Haste and it's a bit of a nuisance... people can buy haste potions if it's that important to them, and you can always cast it on critical fights.

Yeah- I noticed the issue with Fred yesterday, instead of having to wait 6 days for 3 feat swaps and pay 100k platinum + siberys shards, I'll probably just suck it up and wait until 15 for GSF: necro and swap extend to spell pen, if I do go forward with a swap. You've got me thinking on the empower, but I hate feeling gimped in red-name fights. Not that empower is what it used to be since it's no longer multiplicative, so there is a thought.