So I was playing with 6 other people and we were having a pretty hard time against a (20AC spellcaster in level 1-2 scenario!)single enemy and this enemy managed to take down our cleric so a bard used a wand to resurrect her and I just realized how ridiculous wands are.
Bad guys don't get to use wands, if they did the battle would never end, yet pcs can which pretty much removes all threat of death as long as one caster can stay alive. The biggest problem is the fact you get so many charges. I understand potions because you would go broke buying potions and would use them wisely. The economy of wands seems cheesy.
I'm mostly just griping because I am a monk and I went for sponge as opposed to hitter. What good is someone that can't be killed when nobody will ever get killed with wands around. I like the fact there is a limit to spells, which wands completely remove. I understand there use outside of battle, but maybe there should be some loops to jump through during battle.