Necromancers "are terrible in groups"

[Nixtar]

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

I would rather have consistent safe DPS in every single party in every single zone at any level bracket than a pseudo enchanter with less CC options for when a pet breaks and hulks you. Or a lazy pet attack shadowbond bot on mobs who don't live longer than 15 seconds.

Necro is not a class that benefits well in a fast paced environment like KC. You're not Mana efficient on the mobs, you can't CC over half of them except root, your health transfer is mediocre, and taking on a hasted charmed pet is a huge liability in a 5man unless people babysit you. So you either have 3 people babysitting one bootleg Necro, or a summoned pet and mediocre DPS. Either way I'd rather take an actual DPS and save the trouble.

Putting that unpleasant sounding experience aside.

A necromancer adds a lot more than just DPS to a group. You mention fast pace, well, a necromancer can turn a druid into a proper healer, make a shaman afford slows and heal, constantly keep HoTs up and STILL have mana for CC.

Speaking from a Paladin perspective, it was pretty awesome how I always seemed to have mana over for stuns. As a result I owned aggro. Took a lot less damage, and could even afford some backup heals when things got messy. I believe the healer started nuking at some point.

When it comes to "lazy" necromancers, I've found simply asking for X or Y works wonders. For instance, "Twitch when I announce X amount of mana" or "could you keep your HoT running on the shaman"<-- Which is more or less a twitch for shamans(and we all know shamans just LOVE to canni dance!). Most of the time, the so-called laziness is more out of ignorance than malice or stupidity. Which probably stems from being used to going solo.

Likewise, if you are a necro with a rogue pet, all you need to to is /tell tank "I got a rogue pet, could you try and keep the mobs facing way from X." It isn't a big ask and he's probably been asked that by 239843242 rogues before in order to make getting into BS position more fluid.