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Originally Posted by Gloomlord
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Thing is: mages are neither underpowered, nor are they bad. They provide excellent DPS with almost no gear requirement in groups, are very good at soloing and dungeon crawling, and provide invaluable utility for a raid for reasons which should be obvious to everyone.
And we don't need to number crunch to figure out here that mage completely outdoes shaman at the DPS role in this hypothetical situation. Shaman is completely redundant when coupled with two enchanters and a cleric. Mage brings a powerful pet and powerful nukes when they are needed.
I concur with the previous posters with the notion that this isn't rocket science to figure out.
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Just because you don't want to number crunch, doesn't mean the facts aren't there.
The difference in DPS between a Shaman and a Mage isn't vast, but a Shaman offers more utility if you don't need CoTH. It's really that simple. In a group with 2x Enchanter pets, the extra 30ish DPS advantage of a mage isn't going to be giving you much. If you want more DPS, bring another Enchanter.