Any point in playing a mage to level 60 if I'm not going to raid with it?

[NPC]

Even without epic focus 49th level mage pets are powerful. The earth pet 49th level with low level foci can have 3600hps and only costs 200 mana to summon. At 50th level you are medding 20 mana tick. So you could summon one 49th level pet every min infinitely.
My 49th level earth pet with foci can solo Ice Giants and most mobs in KC. Get a Burnt Wood Staff and you're set.

[Tunabros]

nah was just saying that I don't want to raid with a mage just play it to 60 and have fun

on it

was wondering if I'll be cucking myself if I don't have those staffs

[Bardp1999]

"Raiding" on a mage consists of CoTHing and summoning mod rods and little more. I am not sure mages actually even do damage to the targets on most raids, and they sure as shit dont use pets.

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by Bardp1999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

"Raiding" on a mage consists of CoTHing and summoning mod rods and little more. I am not sure mages actually even do damage to the targets on most raids, and they sure as shit dont use pets.

Technically eye of zomm is a pet.

[Sabin76]

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

nah was just saying that I don't want to raid with a mage just play it to 60 and have fun

on it

was wondering if I'll be cucking myself if I don't have those staffs

Short answer: No, you will be fine without them.

[Snaggles]

Recently I did a triggered Faydedar. I have other spell damage turned off but expect a lvl 55 would resist spell procs anyways. Even mala'd Fay resisted every one of my Scars of Sigil. This was the result of a mid-range 60 water pet non-focused positioned well for some backstabbing:

60 water non-focused with Muzzle of Mardu : 43 dps (163 max backstab)
epic mage pet, not sure on Muzzle: 32 dps
lvl 53 necro rogue pet w/ muzle of mardu: 27dps


This was just a 30 second fight of a lvl 55 mob. Not exactly gospel. The epic pet is obviously a beast for tanking, soloing, etc. Just an example what literally no effort besides leveling a mage will get you. In other words, good enough to scrub around for lazy xp or fine steel. On lower level stuff (greens and blues) the pets seem to do up to 70's in DPS.

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Bardp1999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

"Raiding" on a mage consists of CoTHing and summoning mod rods and little more. I am not sure mages actually even do damage to the targets on most raids, and they sure as shit dont use pets.

Heh, you clearly haven't been to a Kingdom raid (on Green). That guild uses an army of pets, at least for many encounters.

[Toxigen]

Why not take on something with a bit more challenge / depth?

[Baler]

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

Heh, you clearly haven't been to a Kingdom raid (on Green). That guild uses an army of pets, at least for many encounters.

It's a valid strat that is in some sense classic.
Stacking mages was one thing guilds use to do in classic.
It's not the meta but it works.

It really wasn't until blue p99 that this idea that mages suck got cemented into people's brains.

[Jimjam]

My experience on live people would flip out if you tried using a pet in raids. They could never give clear explanations why. Maybe I was too dumb to understand.