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A class without heals, buffs or tanking ability should be as good as any other class at doing damage. Otherwise you might as well roll a druid. And most people do.
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And if you notice, many people stop playing druids 51+ cause they can't get groups as easily + they aren't as useful on raids as wizards. Check out the population breakdown of level 60's, wizards are at 7%...the same as druids.
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Obviously starting on a new server isn't an option on P99...the damage has already been done
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But your premise was that Verant got this wrong from the start. At the start, wizards would be competing for groups with non-twinked melee so this wasn't as big of an issue. It's not like they could foresee the coming of p99 and how long Kunark would be around (on this server,) nor would they care if they could foresee this outcome. People hating on wizards in exp groups is largely a byproduct of the state that p99 is in as opposed to the design of the class.
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Many other situations? Apart from once in a blue moon AE groups and dragging mobs around a secluded zone every 10 minutes, I really can't think of "many" situations.
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If you plan on playing for a decent amount of time, leveling from 1-29 is only a small part of the leveling process on p99. 51-60 takes about as much time as 1-50, and for most people 30-50 takes longer than 1-29. For wizards it's slightly different, as leveling gets easier at level 29 with snare, then at 34 with circle of force. Low 50's are also easy to solo in, and 55+ it really is not hard to get an aoe group (and 55+ often takes up 1/2 of people's leveling time on this game.) Solo exp is almost always quicker than group experience, save for awesome duo's I think (which is really limited to a few classes.)
Again, I ask you what level is your wizard? Think of leveling up to 29 as the "hazing" portion of your wizards career. If you can make it through, you'll become part of the wizard fraternity, and life really does get a lot easier. Almost all wizards I've met have been pretty cool and helpful, I feel like moreso than other classes (I know this is just generalizing.) And once you get to 60, you'll still be desired for raiding/raid mobilization/ae groups moreso than a lot of other 60 classes.