[goatee]

Don't give up on sorcerers just yet. It is going to be a very solid class, if not right at release, then shortly thereafter. I made a new sorc about 6 days before beta 5 ended, and at lvl 4, it took me about 6 seconds to kill the average mob. Soloing is incredibly easy after lvl 8. I ran several group quests solo, by just using invis to run right by everything that looked like it wanted to hit something squishy (me). As for damage, what I remember being most remarkable is that back when I was at lvl 8, I critted for over 600. My blood mage never quite managed that... At lvl 10 I could take out 5 mobs at once, only requirement being I survived for 8 seconds. The counter feature is most noticable with sorcs, and will give sorcs more utility in groups than we mage types are accustomed to. Last patch our mana pool was increased greatly, DOTs were recently upped in damage, and more is planned for the future from what I hear. I'd say if you feel like you want to play a sorcerer, go for it.