Mana regen on the Magician is really, really slow. But you can cheat and plot out which mobs you want to go after at different levels and use the P1999 wiki to research them, especially their health values. With this you can plan how much spell damage you need to inflict while factoring in the Neutral damage delt from a damage shield on the pet so that you barely beat the pet out on doing over half, while using the least amount of mana.
Later, you can chain pet cast using Reclaim (either a spell or your focus item) on targets that make keeping your pet's health topped off not worth it. In my heart, I KNOW for a fact that the Necro is an overall stronger class. It's really hard to argue against that. But the Magician's effectiveness as a DPS class is absurdly good, and very relaxing to play in a group. A mage doesn't have to pull, or employ crowd control, or stare at health bars, and they don't have to overly stress melee damage aggro levels or do a lot of position dancing.
They park a pet at a good angle for pulling for when the tank has their engage point and facing set, they sit, and they /assist and blow shit up. And they won't be a Necro screaming in Velious about how none of their DoT's are working on Raid mobs. So they have that going for them.
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