Sorry perhaps you misunderstood me. I wasn't trying to flame anybody nor was I complaining that the new update was an unfair change made to the game. I was just simply voicing my opinions.

As for bards, I was only using that class just as an example. I could chosen any class to use as an example. Let's take Warriors for example. Most Warriors especially the ones that go Defender get the opportunity to main tank some of the coolest mobs in the game. It takes great skill and knowledge of your character to be able to main tank the mobs just right. This is an awesome experience that necromancers will never get.

All I'm saying, is people have been calling for a "balancing of the classes" for a very long time now, and unfortunately people will STILL want changes to be made until there are no changes to be made. I'm not complaining that necros are better or worse as a class, I'm just saying that people look at what a necromancer CAN do, and not what they CAN'T. All I want is people to realize that there are far better abilities out there than blood spells and DoTs.

I'm all for the change they made to necs, I mean if that's what it took to balance things out than awesome that's great. I just want it to stop because they are the only class that has their class changed constantly and not in a beneficial way to themselves.

I have the advantage, being only level 40 by the time I get to 44 and get the first pet that was changed, I probably won't even notice that they did anything at all.

I'm not sure where you were reading on the main eqoa forums, but from what I was reading is that it's different depending on the situation. A 60 necromancer solo'ing / dueling DOES notice the difference, however in a grind at say EG they find they just don't kill AS fast. What the people at the forums ARE recommending, is that something be done to fix a necromancers nukes. As it's been pointed out a necromancer can't nuke for nearly as much as some of the other casters. My 33 druid nukes for almost 300, and my 40 Necromancer, a class that is supposed to be nuking 24/7 only hits for aroudn 450 with his best nuke. My mage at the same level as my nec was hitting for around the 700 - 800 damage mark. My necromancer can't even compare to that.

Anyway, even if you see this as a "balancing" I still see it as a nerf. There was no balancing at all done here. An enchanters pet still tanks better, that didn't change. A magician can still more easily adapt to the situation he/she is in than a necro by having 4 arch type pets as opposed to a necromancers 1. And a wizard / alchemist are still the two best damage dealer casters. If you want to see some balancing of the casters, try giving the necromancers some abilities they can actually call nukes, because the ones they have now are terrible.