I think one big point that so many miss, is that many times, your group is limited by the number of mobs available.
My point being, in many dungeon groups, like mistmoore, city of mist and KC, there simply aren't enough mobs to go around for everybody because things get crowded. This means that a wizard is just as good as many other DPS classes and in some cases, better DPS and sometimes better utility. That wizard gets to land a big nuke on every single monster and the wizard actually outdamages many other DPS classes. This is only because there isn't an endless stream of mobs and the group is only able to kill X mobs over an amount of time. In these cases, the only thing that matters is 'how fast can we take this mob from full to dead to quicken the time before it respawns' and the wizard who is unable to spend all of their mana due to the lack of mobs, does this quite well.
Are wizards bad in groups that get to constantly DPS and have constant non-stop pulls? Yeah, they are. Again, the point I am trying to make, is that so many times when groups gloss over a wizard, that wizard would provide excellent DPS and utility to their group, because that group is limited by the number of mobs available to them(cuz they are in a crowded KC or CoM), not by how much constant DPS is being done. Could other classes do the job better? Yes, but in many of these cases, where the number of mobs is the limiting factor, the differences are extremely negligible and in some cases, the wizard is the better choice.
One sad thing to keep in mind though, is that if your group IS limited by the number of monsters available and a wizard is able to contribute positively, your group is getting pretty crappy XP overall. The fact is, if your group is NOT killing monsters relatively constantly, the XP is just so crappy compared to soloing for almost any class, or compared to a group that has endless mobs who is able to kill non-stop.
But if you are in a KC RCY group and are sitting afk most of the time waiting for something to spawn because the place is packed, it is probably more detrimental to invite the Hybrid to your group than it is to invite the Wizard.
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