Well on raids the math changes entirely, especially with Kunark mobs and their 32000 hp. Lure of Ice is 825 damage/320 mana/4.5 second cast time, which works out to 8000 damage in under a minute - 140 dps, and substantially more than any melee can put out even with discs. And Wizards are also extremely useful for mobilizing, and simply necessary for ports up to Sky/Hate.
Its just for XP groups that they suck. It used to be that Wizards could level up efficiently in AOE groups, but with the unstunnable wurms if you want to hit 60, you better be prepared to quad kite raptors . . . a lot.
Personally I tried a twink wizard, and just found them to be incredibly boring. Nuke/afk 3 minutes/repeat.
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