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Old 01-23-2013, 02:20 PM
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Like Altari said, wizards generally tend to be shunned by groups. It's not that you can NEVER get a group, it's just that quite a few people would rather leave that 6th slot empty if they can't find a class that has better sustained damage. But that said, there is amazing potential for wizards in AE groups at 55+ (or at any level, really, if you are willing to organize it yourself). Fortunately wizards have awesome mobility, quadding is great xp if a bit slow and boring (but you can quad for nice xp while still doing something else irl while you med), and are absolutely great in raids.

Rangers are generally considered second-rate DPSers; they give up some raw damage potential of a rogue or a monk for some super-handy spells, like harmony, SoW, snare, root, invis, healing, and more (TRACKING!). Unfortunately they also have a hefty xp penalty. So groups looking for a DPS will tend to look for a rogue, monk, magician, or something like that instead of a ranger. In raids, rangers are definitely second-rate DPSers, since their utility doesn't really contribute in any way to killing a big nasty.

Enchanters are gods of solo, gods of grouping, gods in planar raids, and gods in boss raids. Boring in boss raids, to be sure, but still gods; no one wants to go kill a dragon without enchanter haste, c2, group magic resist, etc.


If it affects your decision, enchanters are pretty popular on the server (though there are 3-5 classes that are still more popular than enchanters), while rangers and wizards are 2 of the very least popular classes.