TLE Defiler - when does it get better? My wife and I have returned to EQ2 for the TLE.  I'm enjoying life on a Guardian, while she has paired a Defiler with me.  Her TLE Necromancer has it good:  mobs drop quickly, nothing is too big of a challenge, and we can pair on oranges with no risk.  On the other hand, her new Defiler is doing a quarter of the damage and feels very, very weak by comparison.

We know Dogdog is a couple expansions away, so she's giving up the pet she'd have on live.  And we both are aware of how much better the quality of life is for a lot of classes once AAs enter the picture.  I'd like to keep playing on TLE, but for her sake, is there a point where her Defiler won't feel like it has to be carried by my Guardian, and when is that?

We're both casual and the first Guardian/Necro pair are stopped at 10 while we play with the second Guardian/Defiler pair.