Necros have been wimped since this thread was made and derailed. When I stopped playing, they were not so terribly OP (though undeniably were still at the top of the food chain). It's funny that people don't seem to realize that you could take animate dead away from necros completely, and they'd still be pretty good. The rest of their skillset and spellset is fantastic.
It occurs to me that recent updates might have buffed them, though. I'd be curious to see someone give their wraith army a bunch of enchanted greatswords, GS, and haste, and let them fury. I imagine the damage output would be a absurd. With nerfs to defensive stance and buffs to large weaponry, I don't think anybody would be able to tank against that army.
As far as the original post goes, I agree with JvJ and co. It seems like Balantine (not sure who this really was) was the only person who was too dense to understand that this was a good idea. Balantine seemed to think that darkies must go through great lengths and take personal risks to get their gear, which is a baffling position to take. OA seemed to using the argument of "I used to suffer and so should you." It seems like maybe Dulrik is going to do something to close the gap between lightie and darkies in this regard, which is a good thing. It's much more difficult to get a properly enchanted suit when you are playing a lightie.
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