DPS classes

[Aruun]

Actually a fear geared mage does some pretty good damage. I haven't parsed mine but his pet is a beast. He has the fear pet toys and his epic 2.8. Might be worth looking at them again. The pet has some pretty good stats and seems able to mitigate damage fairly well against boss mobs. The Pet has close to 50k hps so he doesnt insta die. If the mage is able to get the pet behind the mob he doesn't get eaten nearly as fast.

[Kron]

Actually a fear geared mage does some pretty good damage. I haven't parsed mine but his pet is a beast. He has the fear pet toys and his epic 2.8. Might be worth looking at them again. The pet has some pretty good stats and seems able to mitigate damage fairly well against boss mobs. The Pet has close to 50k hps so he doesnt insta die. If the mage is able to get the pet behind the mob he doesn't get eaten nearly as fast.

If thats the truth and i have no reason to believe it isnt then i take what i said re mages back.

[Natscratch]

The guild I'm in is just starting to work on world bosses and raiding. So far my 1.5 pet holds up fairly well. We don't focus any healing on him and he makes it threw most, not all rampages so far (of course I know this will change with harder targets). I haven't parsed any of our fights but I might just start doing it. We have a cleric, sk, ranger, druid, bestlord and my mage. I do take some hope from the last post about mages later in game as they are my favorite class but I'm concerned by others opinions also. I would hate to get into tier 3 or 4 and then realize my class isn't needed or wanted on raids because it just sucks period.

[Kron]

The guild I'm in is just starting to work on world bosses and raiding. So far my 1.5 pet holds up fairly well. We don't focus any healing on him and he makes it threw most, not all rampages so far (of course I know this will change with harder targets). I haven't parsed any of our fights but I might just start doing it. We have a cleric, sk, ranger, druid, bestlord and my mage. I do take some hope from the last post about mages later in game as they are my favorite class but I'm concerned by others opinions also. I would hate to get into tier 3 or 4 and then realize my class isn't needed or wanted on raids because it just sucks period.

my friend i havent played on this server for a while and other peoples opinions are probably better in honesty. I can only give you a view which was top of the server about 3 months ago (maybe more). The person above posted is a gm so I would take his word as the final say on the matter re mages. In my time we never had one in our guild, well we had one but he left after the Targin earring exploit was fixed lmao

[Natscratch]

LOL. I guess I'm to new to know what that earring was all about.

I appreciate the input. My inquiry about DPS classes is based on the hopes that my mage will have her place on raids but if not then what classes I need to be considering as that is my prefered style of play (DPS). I really can't thank you all enough for the info. I really love this server for obvious reasons like custom content but also the community is so helpful

[Brontu]

LOL. I guess I'm to new to know what that earring was all about.

I appreciate the input. My inquiry about DPS classes is based on the hopes that my mage will have her place on raids but if not then what classes I need to be considering as that is my prefered style of play (DPS). I really can't thank you all enough for the info. I really love this server for obvious reasons like custom content but also the community is so helpful

we havent had an active raiding mage in months unfortunately so i cant give you any specific information, but what i have seen from mages puts them as solid dps. especially if u can micromanage your pet well enough to keep it alive - u will find yourself certainly doing respectable dps, and having the advantage of not being in ramp, which means u dont need near as much healing on a lot of fights which is always a huge plus in my book.

[Aruun]

I generally don't run my mage on raids so I can't speak definitively on how survivable the pets are on T5-7 bosses. I generally log him in to loot the mage gear that would otherwise rot. He is geared pretty well though and has the pet focus items, his 2.8, and the fear toys (weapons, and armor) for pets. I logged in last night and summoned the 2.0 pet and the fear toys and the pet has 51k hps and over 6200ac. Seems he should be able to survive decently so long as you don't send it in it to tank. A mage should be able to keep him alive by keeping him behind the mob and healing him up. The level 70 mage pet heal heals something like 8k on the pet so the raid healers shouldn't have to worry about the pet at all.

I may have to play him a bit more and see how he does.

[Grey]

Monks are not the bottom of any dps chart by any means of the word.
Server has changed some, not much but ive never felt a monk was that bad.

[Harney]

Lets beef monks obviously.

[Natscratch]

I generally don't run my mage on raids so I can't speak definitively on how survivable the pets are on T5-7 bosses. I generally log him in to loot the mage gear that would otherwise rot. He is geared pretty well though and has the pet focus items, his 2.8, and the fear toys (weapons, and armor) for pets. I logged in last night and summoned the 2.0 pet and the fear toys and the pet has 51k hps and over 6200ac. Seems he should be able to survive decently so long as you don't send it in it to tank. A mage should be able to keep him alive by keeping him behind the mob and healing him up. The level 70 mage pet heal heals something like 8k on the pet so the raid healers shouldn't have to worry about the pet at all.

I may have to play him a bit more and see how he does.

Let me know how that goes. I'm very interested in your opinion of the mage in raid settings in those tiers. Thank you for your input . It's very much appreciated!