New Player: Wizard Request Help.

[Gicewiz]

Pardon me for being a 'Nazi' in what I am about to say, but I would prefer responses from someone who is fluent int he English language that knows how to write a sentence, and know how to actually spell out their words ((AKA LITERACY.)). I have nothing against people whom English is not their second language, but I need clear replies on this so I don't have to wrack my head making sense of 'Translator' jargon from none native speakers, the flip side of it is that there are some Non Native speakers who speak better than the Native ones... Hate me if you will, I could care less if you are butthurt by my words!

Now, I am joining Cabal only cause two of my friends finally convinced me to join, with that said, I am just looking for general advice from people who are adept at using a Wizard, I know I should probably play around with the classes and see what I like the most but, I have never been good with Melee ranged characters as opposed to me and my love for Casters.

Now, I did do my forum searches but got no clear definitive answers. Since I know jack crap about the game, I prefer to save myself from as many build screw ups as possible, since I do not plan on spending money on a game I am not sure I will like yet, so if one has to pay for resets or detraction of a stat.. No.. No money will come from my pocket for that, least not until I know I like Cabal. Though however, if I am not far along, I do not mind starting over.

Anyways, let me quit bull shatting around and get to my point. Correct me if some of my info is wrong on my statements.

~General Question~

1. From what I gathered through some forum searching, Every class has a 'Stat Conversion' table that determines how much a stat point weigh for a class.

2. Stats that are not a classes forte should be kept at a Minimum to just meet the armor requirements?


~Wizard Questions~
1. To point out the Obvious, I know INT is the primary stat for a Wizard. Is there a effective number range to put in INT after leveling up? Same goes to the 'Lesser' stats as well. As I said above, should I just keep those to a minimum?

2. Skills: Always a fun one since it seems the guides I've seen cover near Endgame stuff, but I am not certain. Is there any particular few that stand out from the Skills when leveling that will make a big difference with the 'grind?'

3. Tips, Trick, Suggestions?

Note: I do rage, but I bloody have fun in the process, I may hiss and cuss but I laugh my arse off later!

Everything else I can play shot in the dark with and gamble.