Bohab one of the few calling it like it is!
Before it was the industry it is today Chardok often had mages simply because it wasn't as popular and there wasn't a 24 hour wait for a DPS slot. Mages would be necessary just because there weren't enough Wizards around to get the group off the ground. Wizards are still quite rare - before Chardok AOE and the raid play-nice rotation they were even more rare.
Now if you look at the P99 player distribution data website you'll see that Wizard now has a staggering number of level 60 toons relative to total number of toons that were rolled. Druid, for example, has the highest population yet half the level 60s of Wizard. Druid is also easier to get to level 60 than Wizard (without Chardok AOE of course)
Mages ARE useful for Chardok AOE, but now with the industry it has become the plat-hoarding neckbeards don't want to run any more risk of a wipe. There is always a percentage of failure on an AOE pull and when you get EQ P99 min/maxers involved the Mage gets put on the chopping block.
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