On the Fippy Darkpaw progression server a few years back, that's exactly why I started a Wizard.

To be the highest dps... and I was <3
Across many expansions actually.

But live progression servers are extremely different from Project 1999 which is far more faithful to classic.


I WANT to play a Wizard, but I don't want to be severely crippled in terms of DPS the way this thread leads me to believe.

fippy was about as far from classic as you could get imo


newbie armor quests.. exp pots.. translocators.. other post luclin nameds in game.. i'll just stop now >_>

How is it different? I think you guys had post nerf ice comet and post nerf sunstrike, whereas here, it is pre nerf? Could be wrong. Pre nerf is far better then post nerf, they really gimped those spells. Only other differences would be item spell specs, but they had those for melee too, and they are just as effective.
Only thing that made wizzys better on the progression servers were xpacks like PoP, in which wizzys were complete own.

Wizards are pretty bad sustained damage. They can still be useful in groups though because of their utility.

If you plan to do a lot of soloing or don't want to wait for groups a wizard can be a nice pick, you can go where you want and get to killing no time wasted. You will have a lot of down time though, but you can potentially use that for real life stuff.

In the end game they can lay down the DPS for raid bosses.

Wizards aren't "severely crippled" in terms of DPS, they're just probably the worst of the actual DPS classes when it comes to the kind of chain-pulling grind that exp groups do. They're still better than filling a DPS spot with a druid who doesn't need to help with healing, for example. I don't really see people rejecting wizards, but they don't go looking for them either. Then again, that's the case for half the classes in this game.

Out of Combat regen on progession servers is all the difference to a wizard....

I wanted to make a wizard a long time ago only for the ability to port friends. It also has the added bonus of not having to deal with people mooching SoW all the time. :D

Other than that, I ended up rolling a necro for sustained DPS. If you want to play a squishy and have insane DPS, necro or GTFO.

if you wanna do more than mana pump chanters on raids don't play a necro

That's old thinking, dude:

Sorry, I'm getting off topic here.

If you want sustained DPS and awesome utility go for Monk.
If you want burst DPS go for a Rogue.
If you want someone AFK, get a Wizard (make sure they put on their robe and hat).
If you want sustained DPS and a pet for offtanking, get a Necro.