Mages were HORRIBLE at launch

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

Sounds like OP is making a mage on green and wants less competition.

Lol nope. It's just that I played a mage as my very first character on launch day of Everquest up until level 24. He was no longer viable at this level as I could not research any pets. It wasn't even the fact that pets sucked back then (didn't have abilities) it was that I could no longer upgrade my pet, and as someone said above on 05/99 pets simply didn't just exist at that point at higher levels and nobody knew when they were going to be added. I quit my mage probably in June of 99 and rerolled to a druid, then shaman.

Playing the mage on launch up until June was super frustrating. They were gimped hard, like rogues. Necros just completely blew them out of the water in power, until Brad made mages viable again.

What's funny is I read the thread about someone talking about research not working for mage and he spent a lot of time on it and knew more than the in-game guides/gms...that's actually legit. I did the same and I could even be the other person he is talking about when he mentions the gm/guide talked to someone else, lol. I spent DAYS trying to find my 24th+ pet. My friend, highest level mage on server, in Fires of Heaven, was level 28 using the level 20 pet in Cazic Thule. No joke...that's how bad it was. Keep in mind, during this time, EVERYONE grouped...so literally no mages on the server were soloing back then...it was just too hard. Even at lower levels trying to solo with a mage = death.

After spending all that time and no answer in sight I made a druid, lol...then made my main a shaman after getting the druid up to the 20s. If mages were what they became I would have stuck to the mage to level 50.