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

[Vaarsuvius]

Definitely go wiz,
Mages suck ass even more now than they used to...

[tadkins]

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

Definitely go wiz,
Mages suck ass even more now than they used to...

My biggest concern was the usefulness of mages in a raid, particularly if multiple mages are around, and the utter buttclenching difficulty of their epic.

I do eventually want to raid one of these days and it seems like a raid wouldn't be hindered by stacking multiple wizards as opposed to having multiple mages. xD

[Vexenu]

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

My biggest concern was the usefulness of mages in a raid, particularly if multiple mages are around, and the utter buttclenching difficulty of their epic.

I do eventually want to raid one of these days and it seems like a raid wouldn't be hindered by stacking multiple wizards as opposed to having multiple mages. xD

Wizards are a great raiding class through the entirety of the P1999 timeline. Their nuking falls off a bit in Velious, but they gain massive utility and quality of life with their Translocates. A geared out 60 Epic Wiz with a Rend Robe is one of the most enviable toons in classic EQ: unparalleled burst damage on big targets, respectable sustained DPS with the clickie robe and the best ports in the game. Huge asset to any guild.

[tadkins]

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

Wizards are a great raiding class through the entirety of the P1999 timeline. Their nuking falls off a bit in Velious, but they gain massive utility and quality of life with their Translocates. A geared out 60 Epic Wiz with a Rend Robe is one of the most enviable toons in classic EQ: unparalleled burst damage on big targets, respectable sustained DPS with the clickie robe and the best ports in the game. Huge asset to any guild.

I appreciate that. Thank you. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Knowing all of what awaits later on will help keep me going with my wizard who is level 18 right now.

[Duik]

Limited raids on live here. Tried both Naggy and Vox. War wife and me wiz were on dialup and we just stood there, ate AOE's and went LD. Had friend with mage so saw jack shit. Good times. Then later same friend had Sk in hate raid, was told in no uncertain terms Kabobtic was unwelcome, but i suppose sk pet is lower lvl again. Recall necs and mages had pets but i didnt really take much notice cuz busy shitting self trying to learn where to stand and check the joint out at same time. Pets in Kedge for Phinny was the done thing. But us dumbarse An Sli Amach guild tried him once with one mage, rng, dru, war, rog clr. Um dru (me) was a drowner death trying to cast EB on another char. Lmao or cry dont recall...
Dont recall any particular hate towards pets in my limited raids. Couple only just before velious dropped on live.