Mages were plenty powerful in classic, RoK and SoV. Anyone who complained about pet variance is just QQ butthurt that their retardedly broken focus item was no longer broken.

Simple math dude.

You have 2400 mana, I have 2400 mana.

I cast Ice Comet 3 times and stop because you are dead.

/flamesuit on

For the original question: Mages quite simply are very OP. IMO Their abilites don't allign with Verant's vision (social / group focus) as they can make it 50 faster than any other class without ever having to group. (Guess you can tell I have mage envy here)

Really it doesn't make sense for hybrids to get a huge xp penalty while they still need groups to level effectively. Yet clases that can easily solo (Druid, Mage, Necro) in some cases get xp bonuses due to race selection. Mages/Necros should have to share the xp from a kill with their pet.

I still insist that the pets on this server are far more deadly than they ever were on live from 99-01.

Ya they should include all the bugs that went with pets on live and the horrible trains they cause and it would be about equal =P

Mages still need their sword of runes swords to proc in the hands of their pets. We're not OP enough.

Mine seem to proc...

Not even close. Pre-nerf 49 necro pets on live with two fine steel daggers would absolutely level Lower Guk deadside... with extreme prejudice. On here caster pets are still heads and tails above PC melee, but i mean.... if you didn't witness actual mage and necro pets in early 1999, I don't know what to tell you. Words don't describe. :)

On all mobs - not just summoned?

not really

you begin to cast ice comet

gebtik kick you for 2

spell was interrupted

you begin to cast ice comet

you whatever the emote is when the air pet stun you

spell was interrupted

you died

...

Sounds good until the wizard roots your pet.