[quote=dunehunter]And PoE, did you played PoE 1 as a wizard? Not only you need high strength to throw a hotter fireball but also every spell is just a ULTRA NERFED version of 3.5e. Maura's Writhing Tentacles is just a ULTRA NERFED version of black tentacles(which he also destroyed on NWN2), Malignant Cloud is just a ultra weaker version of cloudkill with far smaller duration(which again, he also destroyed on NWN2)
PoE uses totally different attribute definition than DnD, i see nothing wrong with a high strength wizard. 3.5e is a version where casters are overpowered.
And i don't see why u comparing two different system, to judge if caster is good or not its fair to compare them with other classes within the same system. But you unfairly comparing casters cross two totally different system lol. YEAH wizard is soooo weak in PoE, they can't even timestop as wizard in bg2 does! BAH!