Hey there.
My setup is completely casting (even heavy chars) and I have only found groups here and there for a few levels. Ive found that powercast is a very powerful tool. Salvation is a useful add as well, but I don't put any into it until higher levels when the adds to powercast start diminishing (once I hit around 60-70 points).
A good strategy that has worked for me when casting is to build up your powercast and save it for EPs. if you run into a 3 EP you can usually take out one of them with a full powercast. normal mobs dont trouble you much as a caster if you have a decent setup, so really you have to plan your strategy for speed and killing EPs. Casters are already pretty fast with good charms, you just need to make sure you keep good EIS items on you to pick up every shriner possible. None of my charms are over 130ee (well, i do have one 13x at lvl 25 but thats it) and I can do a solo climb in about 9 hours as a paladin, or around 7-8 as a magician. Doesnt sound that great i know but casters are a great alternative if you dont have godly amounts of fg
This post was edited by ItsLotd on Apr 19 2012 08:34pm