Why so few mages on P99?

[Potus]

Pets originally got nerfed really hard. Unfairly nerfed, really. Their taunt was gimped. That chased a lot of pet classes away.

Nowadays you see some mages coming back. But really pets don't hit like they did on live. They seem weaker here, I think it's the rate in which they hit for full damage, or the rate in which they proc double attack + dual wield. I recall mage pet being a buzzsaw, and the necro pets not being far behind. Just spamming damage.

On red pets don't even DW without weapons. It's somewhat of a head scratcher.