Insanity  

Well, I guess you can see it that way, but we're not about direct damage. We never were, and you knew that going in. I view our limitations as a challenge really. Pit an Enchanter against any other pure caster in terms of direct damage, and we'll lose. We should be pretty well aware of that. But what makes the class interesting to play is how much we are masters of the indirect approach. While we may never directly nuke a mob, think about what we for the rest of the group! Who's got the best mezzes? Us. Who's got the best haste in the game? Us. Who's got the best mana regen spells that virtually ever pure caster and hybrid wants? Us. And with the additional fact that we're the second best slower/debuffer in the game, second only to the Shaman, we are quite arguably the most desireable class in a group, after the tank and healer.

We've also got the best charm spells in the game, the best magic resistance buff, the best magic resist debuff, we're the only class that can buff intelligence and wisdom.

Yes, experience is awarded primarily by dead mobs -- I've never heard of anyone whos manages to level without ever killing anything -- but groups manage to kill with much greater efficiency with us. (Who doesn't like our haste and mana regeneration spells?) This isn't to say that we have no power to kill things on our own. We can. It's just that with us, it isn't about nuking or DoTing at mob to death, or conjuring a powerhouse pet that we send to do battle for us; but our methods must be more subtle. Through a combination of Charming, fear kiting and other sneaky tactics, we can earn experience for ourselves.

Just basically, we're not about the direct approach. If that's what you want, there are any number of that are all about the direct approach. I'm not going to tell anyone to play a different class if they don't like our nukes, DoTs or whatever, but I would encourage those who make the valid observation that we're deficient in the areas of direct damage and damage over time to start thinking of what we, in our subtlety, do to shine.