Druid vs Necro - which one do you want in your group?

[Teppler]

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

Charm + Bond of Death line + Heals + Mez + Snares will have you almost OOM the entire time. You'll barely be sitting, it's very casting time intensive. So no, there's no way you'll be FM and definitely not have enough money to waste on super inefficient mana dumps.

What is the healer doing the entire time if they need my mana? There's the lazy player.

Not unless you're spending mana on nukes. You should have close to full mana with that spell routine you outlined. Mezz/Heals/Snares cost marginal mana. Lich gives necro best mana regen in the game. Charm is casted once every 8-10 minutes or so.

[williestargell]

Best group DD caster.

I like necros but where do you derive this?

[Daldaen]

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

Not unless you're spending mana on nukes. You should have close to full mana with that spell routine you outlined. Mezz/Heals/Snares cost marginal mana. Lich gives necro best mana regen in the game. Charm is casted once every 8-10 minutes or so.

You're dreaming if you think charm lasts for 8-10 minutes regularly.

Even a 60 charming a high 40s mob, will have occasional 30s breaks and regular 3-4 minute breaks. Especially if you are grouping without a shaman/Mage who is maloing and a chanter who is tashing.

[Teppler]

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

I like necros but where do you derive this?

With lich they have the best mana regen in the game. They can nuke more frequently. With deflux they can nuke fast and also regain hp drained from lich/shadow bond. In groups the bond of death line won't be as useful but you can add some serious dps with deflux/incerate bones/undead dd line of spells.

[Teppler]

With necros having lich + undead nukes + charmed pets they are often the best consistent dps by far in many high end dungeons.

[pharmakos]

and if they accidentally overnuke and get agro they can feign death

[Crawdad]

The problem, it seems to me, is that both of these are the "utility" priest and caster classes. Jack-of-all-Trade classes don't shine as much when required to fill a niche in a full group. This makes them great solo/duo/trio classes, but not a lot to do in a six man.

In a full group, however, I'd prefer the Druid, assuming we're not fighting Undead. Necros have a wider array of abilities and so in a full group will not be able to play up to all their strengths as well. Druids are still going to bring a unique ability (travel aid) that probably isn't being filled by a min-max'd six man group.

The group makeup is probably just as important as asking Druid or Necro, though.