6 level 16 mages down EE in Guk?

[Balimon]

No fire pet's don't have enough hit points. Chain earth pets and cast the shield yourself. It's how two mage's can kill Phinny, same concept.

[the_only_jake]

I thought that as well , but the mages own damage shield is much weaker , I thought with 6 of them maybe they could take turns sending pets in and med mana and give their pet a chance after summon to sit there and back it off until it cast its shield then send it in. I was just guessing. but the pets own personal DS is way stronger than anything a player can cast at that level and its mana free . so they have more mana to throw pets at the EE.

[the_only_jake]

the higher level earth pets melee phiny harder and last longer and usually you wanna low man him , you dont chain 6 pets at him. the DS the mage throws would just be a bonus , but if you were just trying to down an extreme red with 6 mages I think the firepets would work better because the pet likely wouldnt hit the mob that much higher with melee anyway.

[yraapt]

Originally Posted by zames180 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As the level 48 mage in the GUK group the OP is talking about, I think he is being a bit over dramatic about everything. The group was 2 mages, a warrior. Shaman, Druid and bard... someone made a thread about some BS they know nothing about and now it’s vlown up...

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

wait a minute i may have even been in the group that the op is talking about? im a lv 48 druid. this is a weird thread. if you wanna be mad about something, i soloed the EE as lv 38 druid (and took a screenshot). EE is like a lv 30 or something wizard with zero adds in camp, and good races can walk right up to it without agroing anything except 2 mobs at liveside entrance that can be pulled away. it's an easy kill and will be surprised if it is not achieved on day 3 at the latest

[Baler]

And people didn't understand why I was so upset in the thread that called mages horrible in classic.

[Byrjun]

Skorge you've been here awhile, I'm surprised that you're shocked that mages are powerful. Vanilla EQ is like the only time in the game's lifespan when mages are one of the most powerful classes in the game.

In fact, back in the day on P99 if you had the pet focus staff from Phinny, your pet would nuke for like 5x as much damage because the level increase from the focus made the game think that you had a Kunark pet. A single mage pet could out-dps fully geared rogues and monks. Mage pets probably won't be quite that good on Green, but they'll still be great.

Also, serious raiders are going to want CotH bots in Kunark. Half of the playerbase is going to be rolling mages.

[Lonedrahon25]

My favorite thing about playing EQ 20 years later, is the fact that people JUST discover things that have been there for the same 20 years. /giggle

[Ferahgo]

@OP

People play the game in different ways. Some will take it slow and casual, some will exploit the most powerful mechanics and content. Play how you want to play. If you want to farm manastones with low level mages, make your own party of mage pals and contest for it. If you don't than oh well, it isn't fair to force people to play your way only.

[Vyal]

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

Just heard this this morning from a friend. He said it went down on the discord. Can anyone confirm this? If so, this is simply madness and the devs need to fix mages ASAP.

I know beta is 10x exp but all the highest toons are mages. The level of OP in mages currently will ruin the whole entire experience. Sorry to say.

I hope this not true. Would like anyone to chime in if they heard the same or can confirm this?

Remember when I said they would eventually nerf mages and all I heard was "nah they won't do that just because mages level fast in classic"
I'll keep being proven right..

On the plus side it looks like the trojan was removed from the patch so [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Enme]

Pretty sure this didn't happen. I killed the first few ee that died on beta with my lvl 35 Mage (at the time) Harms.