Enchanter, Necro or Mage?

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

Question 1: What do a magician or necromancer offer to a group? Are they wanted?

Answer: They offer DPS. Magicians are the best DPS in the game until 50.

I have found that monks and rogues regularly out DPS mages.
Mage DPS is dependent on the pet tanking because of the awesome damage shields. Otherwise the mage has to do a great deal of nuking in order to out dps a rogue or monk, but they can never keep up the pace because of the limited mana pool.

I have been in raid groups with 2 mages and a necro (hoping to get exp on an alt), only to find that the group with 2 monks and a rogue are getting exp every kill. This was not a 1 off thing, this happens every raid.