The only thing wizards can do better than any other class is port.
The three main rolls in EQ are tank/dps/cc
Unless you get an AE group, their sustained DPS is probably lower than a SK for xping.
They have root so they can CC, but so can other root classes and an enc is far better anyways.
wizard tank?...yeah....
For boss battles wizards can be alright since that isn't sustained DPS.
The one time I think wizards can genuinely be useful for standard xping is when you fight caster mobs. A fair number of wizard spells have a spell interrupt component even if it's not a stun spell. If the wizard saves all mana for the caster mobs and just chain casts those spells they can lower the amount of damage a group takes by quite a lot. Of course for this to work well you need a SK or pally to hold agro.
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