I think the channeling, and generally, the combat / magic mechanics on P99 are very well balanced, considering this is 2021.
All kinds of gameplay are possible on P99 - grouping, soloing, duoing, raiding, half-afk killing a mob every 30 minutes while working, etc.
This way, everyone can find a way that suits their RL needs. Given how small the classic EQ community is, restricting some of these gameplays would inevitably lead to shrinking population of the servers. R&N are well aware of it, and this is probably the #1 reason for the non-classic adjustments they implemented.
The last thing everyone would want here is a dying population like on Red (other reasons, citing for the sake of outcome analogy). Dying population is also a vicious circle - newcomers are turned off by the fact they zone into an empty Crushbone or something. They log off and forget about P99 until further notice. Not cool.
At this point R&N have something that works and if I were them I wouldn't implement anything drastic that would potentially hurt the pop. Something like nerfing casters is incredibly drastic and is unlikely to happen IMO.
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