fordraceingman wrote:
Professor galthran
i am on your server, also no i will never 2 box, and i actually would stay with the mage before i would go necro, i like necros and all but its still a manly pet class that cast spells, i don't its a total different form of soloing then the mage is but its still a like. thats why im debaiting the best for something differnt but still good at soloing but i was told after 50 a beast isn't that great of a soloer thats why i asked in the 55+ game. also another reason is so i can take a few hits i think it would be easier to solo in a dungeon if you can take a few hits if you get an add or something but mabye im wrong.
Necros do a LOT outside of their pets. Example - they have some of the highest DPS sustained on raid mobs (if not THE highest, it's impossible to parse DoTs and necros are very tight-lipped about their DPS). Also Mind Wrack and twitch to feed the group/raid mana, while not the most fun thing to do, is valuable. In the rare event that you're in a group fighting in an undead zone (both higher-level hotspots, Charasis and ChardokB, have undead in them), you can slow, mez, and charm a pet. Out of the 3 pet classes mentioned in this thread, necros are probably the least pet-dependant (pet is just extra DPS for soloing) and the most desirable for a raid (BSTs are probably more desirable for pickup groups for slows).