04-29-2005, 06:43 PM
Skandranon,Apr 28 2005, 09:36 PM Wrote:What do mages bring to a group?[right][snapback]75614[/snapback][/right]I can see that all of you posting here have brought up very good points, but I'd like to add a few reasons why I appreciate mages.
First, curse removal, which has been mentioned. There are some bad curses in instances, plus extremely bad ones in raid content. As a priest, it is my pet peeve that I can't remove these, so I like having a mage who can.
Second, taking out runners. IMHO no class can stop a fleeing mob like a mage can. They have range, burst damage, and movement slowers like frost bolt and cone of cold. My mage friend contributes most of our DPS but even if he didn't, he is always the one to take down runners.
Third, counterspelling. I (and most instance-friendly priests) do not have silence, so the mage having a ranged silencer is priceless.
Then of course there are all the things like poly, dps, arcane intellect, water, detect magic, and portals, but you've discussed those. :)