Thorric wrote:
Simple question for all of the casters out there. Mage or Necro...better pet class? Eliminate the following from responses: Faction - Other pet classes - Other caster classes - what my goals are in the game - etc.
Although you have tried to define your question, you left out the most important part.
What do you want to do with this character.
As you can see from the answers you got, the majority lean toward the Necro because it is apparently "a better soloing class".
I do not believe that you can state either is "better" than the other.
They are arguably the two most "all around powerful" classes in the game, but for different reasons.
Necro for their inexhaustable supply of mana, this makes them extremely powerful.
Mage for their sheer massive damage output that can be sustained almost indefinately. (Almost as long as a Ranger, but is not situation dependent in the way a Ranger is).
A Necro and a Mage both knowing all the tricks of their class, full spell book and the appropriate AAs would stand equal in their over all "power", but it would be exhibited in different ways.
So you need to explain how you plan to use your character.
PS... to the person who said that Mages were at a disadvantage because they couldn'y heal themselves... Mages have absolutley no need to heal themselves, they have very good ability to heal their pets, they themselves will rarely ever get hit. AoEs are a matter of gear and technique (or tactics if you will).