Much hate as a pet class. Can't see if anyone has pets in group window, can't tell if I have a pet without pet window, so can't tell pet status without typing commands and/or binding them to virtually every hotbutton possible.
Also, I understand that the original devs hated wizards and other things, but patches in P99...come on, add some balance to the game. Rangers should have archery as a legit path instead of being forced to play melee to get any damage. Wizards should be power houses that are more than just 1-2 occasional nukes near the end of a fight. No one class should be overpowered. A ranger should be told "well, we couldn't find a monk, a rogue, or a back-up healer or tank or enchanter or mage or necromancer, so I guess we'll take you, because you're really not all that useful except as being similar to a mage pet, but with sow and some weak sauce abilities that a paladin and SK do better."
I realize that I'm over-simplifying and not giving enough credit, but that's how it feels. The game needs more balance, not making certain classes better than the rest. Better in some ways, sure, but there should be balance. Make them super great at melee and garbage at defense. Make them glass canons or make them tanks with modest melee, or something so that gameplay is balanced. These are issues we've known forever because EQ has been out forever. Instead of loving the original devs for their biases against specific classes or play styles, do what every other game does and make things balanced as time goes on, so that people actually have a reason to play wizards beyond porting and quadding, and so that archery isn't something that's only really useful as a pulling tool (because melee DPS is so much faster and better, and archery is only truly viable with end-game gear), and so that playing any/all classes is appealing for play style instead of how OP they are (instead of sticking with a nerfed class only because you already put so much time and effort in on them). Balance. Pros balance with cons. Balance. Keep Yoda in the air!
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