[Sheya]

Although the last factor is how fast you kill in an AOE.

If the mages cant kill fast enough, then there are bound to be some dead mages when they are hitting things the tanker isn't.

Yeah that is why you should only pull an amount that your dps that you have can kill fast enough or you can keep aggro with.

If you got 2 mages though you almost all the time can kill the mob before devastate is even over. With 1 mage you might need to pull less and spread your mock and devastate time even farther then usual.

To be honest I have more problems with archers then I do with mages. If they get aggro they are sticking with it.