What do mages really have going for them?

[Smellybuttface]

I played through all of classic on a TLP fairly recently, and regularly did group DPS parses. I have not seen any real difference in group DPS on Green from the TLP. Raid DPS will be different because of live changes they made to pets and DOTs on raid mobs.

Classic - Group (best to worst)
Enc / Nec (only with undead charm)
Monk / Mage
Rogue / Ranger / Warrior
The rest...

[DMN]

I'd love to know how a ranger outdamages a SK or paladin with a mith/TBB in vanilla EQ.

[Smellybuttface]

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

I'd love to know how a ranger outdamages a SK or paladin with a mith/TBB in vanilla EQ.

This is probably accurate. Most Pally/SK I grouped with used sword/board as main tanks, but likely they outparsed rangers with a Mith. I never checked everyone’s equipment, just the normal trends.

[DMN]

To be fair though, I should have added the caveat"without dragon loot". Incredulity is not warranted without that qualifier.

[turbosilk]

So what monks are going to step up and show themselves outdpsing me? Looking for rogues to step up too.

[turbosilk]

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

So what monks are going to step up and show themselves outdpsing me? Looking for rogues to step up too.

*crickets*

[turbosilk]

Wow this thread died. Where did all the dps monks and rogues go?

[Enme]

Sign me up for the 49 mage pet with 60% haste 2 procing swords innated proc quadding at 58per vs Rog/monk parsing.

I have out damaged GROUPS solo on my mage this week.

Harms 50 Magician
Green/Blue

[Tecmos Deception]

Focused water pet KSes whole groups, confirmed.

It's mostly downhill from here short of getting an epic, but yeah, mages aren't ever BAD.

[Vizax_Xaziv]

Mage pets are also quite RELIABLE dps with the Mage itself offering burst damage nukes when needed. Also doesn't hurt that they can be used as fodder to tank adds and/or split rooms.

And of course damage shields are very powerful at all level ranges (especially against unslowed mobs including raid targets)