Hybrids did nerf group exp for much of classic. Wizards sucked until Kunark when they were sought after by the brave who put together AE exp groups. Their nukes were resisted too much and the mana requirements were too high to make them anywhere near as useful as druids with manastones. I played a wizard till PoP and finally gave up. They didn't do crap for them till SoF, then they made them retarded with instanukes. Classic wiz is basically a port mule with limited utility in AE situations and for dragons in Velious with Dragonbane.
My experience with mages was only by observation. They didn't seem to be much in demand for groups, likely because of pet control issues, and without a pet, wizards were better, but most preferred melee groups with the occasional ench or druid that knew their class, which was extremely rare for druids. Most druids nuked till they died and never memmed a heal. It was the class of idiots.
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