Wizard dps vs melee in groups?
 

Is it as abysmal as I've heard?

Are wizards pure garbage in the Kunark era like so many people are saying?

Does anyone have a parse?

Pure garbage. A meleeing shaman will put out more dps over time, I'd say. And that is not something that you would generally consider to be an efficient use of a shaman.

Really poor in a chain-pulling xp group. Especially if you're killing yellow and sometimes red mobs, as you often do while leveling.

i say wizards are BURST damage, not LONG term killing

Unfortunately, if the dps wasn't enough of a problem I've been getting into groups with wizards who enjoy an extended AFK far too often. You'd think if you played a wizard and spent lots of time LFG that you'd want to impress the group you're in. Not so, at least not lately.

It's a class that attracts the AFKers, with every other "sitter" except maybe druids having to get up and heal or send a pet in each fight.

Only way to deal with them is to kick them after 5 minutes afk...90% of the time they're back within the next 30 seconds and don't do it again.

Give me a second ranger over a wizard... there, I said it...

Man, the sledge hammer reality of this thread has made me not want to play my Wizard alt, ever.

Lol.

wizards do quite well solo... aoe kiting

The wizard class is a very niche class to play ask anybody who plays a wizard seriously and enjoys it. Nobody makes a wiz thinking "I really wanna outdamage the rogue in groups." Theres been so much palaver over such a simple one dimensional class. I mean there not so bad in a regular kill session chill group with some sort of C. Letting the wiz be the executioner of mobs while the puller ran to get more at certain percentages.

Don't forget the quadding :)

Wizard isn't that bad, I wouldn't be that put off. A good wiz will save a good chunk of his mana always, and when the groups gets into a tough situation, they can either burn down the mobs much faster then a melee would, or they can evac too.

also really ask yourself when you play and group are you most of the time in those grindcore xpfest steady groups.