What do mages really have going for them?

[Fragged]

Mod rods, dispel sticks and triple DA I suppose.

[Kanuvan]

rather have a rogue/monk than a mage, because the monk can pull/offtank whill puting up good numbers and the rogue is going to be more dps in the long run because they wont be medding and will do similiar dps to a mage that goes oom

monk
rogue
tank
healer
chanter

is your typical non stop exp group

[turbosilk]

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

rather have a rogue/monk than a mage, because the monk can pull/offtank whill puting up good numbers and the rogue is going to be more dps in the long run because they wont be medding and will do similiar dps to a mage that goes oom

monk
rogue
tank
healer
chanter

is your typical non stop exp group

Sorry you're thinking of a different game currently than green. Mages own rogue/monk dps which is why non of them will parse with a mage.

Your non stop exp group is:
Tank/puller
Mage
healer
Ench
Mage (or can do necro/shm)

The tank chain pulls and heads out for more and lets the pets finish off mobs. You're currently having rogues/monks in groups without shaman str? wow whatever dps they have really falls off.

But really the best group is this below. Just crawl/roam your camp and utterly destroy.
Mage
Mage
Mage
Mage
Healer
Ench/Bard

[Smellybuttface]

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

Sorry you're thinking of a different game currently than green. Mages own rogue/monk dps which is why non of them will parse with a mage.

Your non stop exp group is:
Tank/puller
Mage
healer
Ench
Mage (or can do necro/shm)

The tank chain pulls and heads out for more and lets the pets finish off mobs. You're currently having rogues/monks in groups without shaman str? wow whatever dps they have really falls off.

But really the best group is this below. Just crawl/roam your camp and utterly destroy.
Mage
Mage
Mage
Mage
Healer
Ench/Bard

Just take it a step further and have all Enchanters with a healer, or 4 enchanters, healer, bard/monk for pulling. Charm pet easily outdamages everything in the game. Healer can even root mobs to prevent running if you don’t have snare.

Sure inherently more dangerous having that many charmed pets, but where’s the fun in EQ without a little danger.

[TripSin]

I like how at one point this forum was just a bunch of everyone crying about how insane enchanter charmed pet DPS was compared to everything else and now we actin like it aint nothin lol

Had someone turn me away a week or two from a group as an enc because they were looking for melee dps and already had a chanter (at a camp I've regularly torn up with a 2nd chanter in group before). It's like boy, u know i got dat charm rite? have you even seen DPS logs before?

[Kanuvan]

the mage population has died off greatly for a reason

[Tecmos Deception]

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

the mage population has died off greatly

Has it? Only shamans, enchanters, and druids are ahead of them on green right now.

[Christina.]

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

the mage population has died off greatly for a reason

This is the situation on every new server, most people only make one to gear up what they really want to play. It's a rare bunch of us that actually main magicians

[Zeboim]

Mage population flopped when they all realized that their pets weren't going to be easy to get, and hasn't really recovered to where it was before that yet.

Anyways game is gg ez right now, only real point is to level up alts for later and maybe farm legacies if you're some kinda madman. Class power isn't worth thinking about and anyone trying to minmax group comps is not worth dealing with.

[DMN]

Best theoretical any sized group is:
X amount of enchanters + 1 necromancer.