Did you not hear me saying PRIOR TO KUNARK?
Necros definitely took a hit when pet attack delay got nerfed but they were very overpowered at that point and the nerf simply brought their DPS down from *vastly superior to any other class in the game* to among the best in the game. Their pet + poison DoT line + other damage abilities gave them plenty of DPS to lend to groups and they had all kinds of other tools to lend support as well.
As for Wizards, sure they still got resisted by bosses, but they could at least land spells (whereas other casters would simply get resisted pretty much always). And in comparison to what melee classes were able to do back in the day, that amount of damage was VERY sought after. I suppose it was wrong of me to say Wizards were absolutely necessary to kill bosses, as having a huge number of Clerics would allow you to eventually win a battle of attrition against bosses, but what Wizards brought to the table there was very much desired. And at the very least you DID need a Wizard to even access a couple of the high-end zones.
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