Why are mages not more popular?

[mr_jon3s]

Mages are only good with focus's and AA's. Both are things that wont be on this server so its pretty much a useless class.

[Vormotus]

I was beginning to wonder about that too.

I have seen a considerable lack of mages on my newbie zones, with most people, perhaps due to the server, mostly choosing clerics, shamans, enchanters and bards.

I remember everyone being a mage in Live or having at least one mage alt.

Wizards are kinda rare too from what I have seen these few weeks.

[branamil]

Can’t use pet on 99% of raids. Kinda boring. Can be kind of convenient to farm low level stuff with the pet, but you can’t solo any of the big ticket items in dungeons like enchanters and necros can.

[Nexii]

I guess it's because the class isn't that exciting. It's certainly not that mages are bad even at endgame they are crucial for raiding.

[Qtip]

Seafury nerf killed the mage class. Use to be the go to cash class. Now everyone rolls a druid and ports.

[Yoink1986]

What raids do you do branamil..I use my epic pet on a lot of raids.that 99% comment is definitely wrong ��

[Izmael]

There aren't many mages because
- Being a raiding mage is arguably even worse than being an enchanter
- Interesting groups don't want a mage because most mages are noobs, lack good pet control, and will wipe the group out / break mez / ninja afk to beat off to goblin pron
- a mage's solo abilities hit a pretty solid ceiling post 50, especially in dungeons, and that's where most cool spots are
- getting epic on blue without being an autist is nearly impossible

But it is a great newbie class since you can always dash for the zone line if your pet is low and the fight seems lost.

[Troxx]

-There are many classes (ie most) that can’t solo big ticket items.
-A majority of p99 players don’t currently and won’t ever raid competitively.

I guess it just doesn’t make sense that a class which is so potent (arguably overpowered) at the group level of the game is so under-represented. A properly buffed mage pet in the 50s + a mage chain clicking burnt wood clicky is easily 80 sustained dps. Toss in damage shield and the odd actual spell cast DD and you’ve got a class (caster + pet) that has a damage potential beyond most 55+ epic rogues.

Boring to play? I suppose, but that’s pretty subjective. I mean ... isn’t autoattacking and clicking backstab/flyingkick also boring? People seem perfectly content to mind-numbingly do that for hours on end.

[skipdog]

Originally Posted by Troxx [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I guess it just doesn’t make sense that a class which is so potent (arguably overpowered) at the group level of the game is so under-represented.

I'd say part of it has to do with the fact that being an incredibly potent group member has little actual value. Groups need a tank, a healer and some DPS. One of those DPS members being a mage doesn't really change a whole lot. Most groups are limited by the number of spawns available, not the amount of DPS being dealt. Can a group get by with 1 or 2 less DPS players if they have a mage and get a tiny bit more xp/hour? Probably, but it rarely happens. Most groups just want to fill up. There isn't a lot of valuable group content that requires an incredibly optimized group composition to be able to function effectively.

[Nexii]

I think a lot of it too is that mage/wizard are really similar thematically. So you have about half of each than if they'd been rolled into one class.