A friend is joining soon and can't choose between the sorc and SpS classes.
Just how bad is the downtime for a SpS compared to Sorcerer/ess? Reading through the skills there is a mana regen ability for SpS which eats spirit ore, is this ability equivelant to the BTM level 1 that a sorc has?
Apart from that, I think one should mention that if you look at the SKILLS, the SpS is definitely the better class. Sorc is gimped when it comes to number and type of nukes, and the difference in matk is not all that big between the two (and who cares if the SpS has a bit less matk when he can just do a solar flare which does far more damage than a standard nuke). I have both a 77 MM and a 77 AM in clan, and when they both restrict themselves to non-vortex skills, i.e. -75 skills, the MM can two-shot mobs the AM has to 3 shot (3 nukes or surrender+2 nukes). And there are far more sacred attack weak mobs in game than fire weak mobs.