I'm not at the point where I stop logging on, but the lack of progress for Mages in The Broken Mirror is pretty depressing. Not looking forward to suffering through another year of stagnation/regression. This... Forever ago when we were coh'bots and rod whores I made a baby sk to alleviate the bore...

I do applaud your dedication Sancus. I'd join in the fray but as of late my playtime has been very sporadic at best. Heck, the last time I was even online at raiding time was 6 months ago. One of these days my playtime will pick up again but the days where I could parse for a few hours are over. Som...

Since I'm on the progression server these nerfs won't hit me for now. However in the past (like with the pet nerf) when others say crap like "you're exaggerating, it isn't that bad" or some such stuff I throw the ball back in their court. While I've never hit 250k DPS I know it's possible ...

Expansions can NOT be purchased with SC but all expansions up through Rain of Fear are free now. If you spend $40 you'll get Call of the Forsaken and The Darkened Sea.

Bristlebane still exists and SC still exists.

http://www.eqmagetower.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3482 .....General Returning to EQ FAQ aimed primarily at mages. http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/spelllist.html?name=&type=mag&level=91&opt=And+Higher&action=search .....Spell list. http://eqaasearch.org/index.htm .....Searc...

There is a super ultra rare snare clicky from instance zones of Beza but that's the best option we have. Your best bet is to use the earth pet and get use to how to utilize it's root capabilities.

The biggest change you can do for your pet is to give it armor. Your pet automatically comes with whatever armor you can summon yourself but higher level mages can summon better armor.

I feel for you as my sk was in the same boat for awhile. For this reason I took him to Argath and got him the tier 1 VOA chest piece.

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=97971

I got mine from this guy
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=38197

I"m level 102 now so yea, no new shiny earth or garg pet yet. Although it really doesn't matter much I'm also sporting an EM16. Yes you assumed correct that I'm using the level 100 garg pet. My point however was even in Plane of Shadows my gargoyle pet was barely lasting long enough to tank a d...

Griegs is an awesome place. Once the mobs go green for you head to the hole. That place should hold you until 71 or 72 IIRC. The gem drops are great. While the mobs have more HP than the ones in Grieg's the xp/kill also goes way up.