Straightforward Class Role

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Originally Posted by mgellan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

FTFY... playing a wizard well managing mana and aggro, assisting in CC, determining what spells to use etc. is not trivial. I'd say a melee class like Rogue would be less demanding ie stand behind the mob and hit the backstab button when it comes up, but even then to play it well you need to evade, manage aggro etc etc etc.

Regards,
Mg

Okay Wizard fanboy. I mean in principle I agree: No class in EQ is simple, and every class can do more than their minimum expected group role and shine. I've seen great cleric pullers and rogues that keep a bag of proc weaps and poisons in their bags.

People's expectation of a wizard is shoot nukes at a mob under 50%. Sometimes you get called on to root CC. All this is done safe from a distance. Wizards can do a lot more, timing stuns and nukes to finish mobs, root parking, but lets face it: expectations of Wizards in xp groups is low.

At least rogues have to worry about proximity aggro and hitting the evade button along with backstab, and actually getting buffs besides clarity and sow to be effective. Druids have to juggle multiple roles depending on the group composition, and have to balance spending mana on heals, dots, cc or buffs. All pull classes have to worry about those mechanics.