Now, with the invention of third spire of Necromancy; Dot clickies such as this are still very useful. With third spire running "Pyrocruor" can do over 1k dmg per tic. I admit, the "must equip" aspect to these,is a bit of a pain, but its possible to leave a bag open and put these on, and off quickly. Don't discard the old items with clicky dots yet guys; you may find them to still be useful.
Are you kidding me? These pants have to be a joke. A lvl 58 spell on required 65 pants. omfg. Ornate pants with a Rune of Death (lvl 62 spell)seems to be far more beneficial. I must admit the stats are nice however.
As of right now, you should log in and delete your necro. Are you joking? Hell 1200 mana free damage... on every mob, yeah that sounds like a crappy clicky. My hell, I hate people like you that want a 14k dd clicky that is instant cast on items...
Trust me, besides the nice stats, being able to cast spells without mana requirements is very nice for 2 major situations: #1, on a fight where cleric(s) need(s) mana from being oom (you can keep mana dumping them and just use clicky effects for DoTs), and #2, on raids/fights where mobs sap mana from everyone (meaning you can still DoT even without mana and not be "almost" completely useless when oom, and yes, I said "almost", not entirely).
You do realize that DoT spells stack? This allows a necro to stack an extra dot on the mobs, without wasting a spell slot. Pretty Sweet.
I know druids who have pretty good gear, that still keep the ES vambs in a bag, to pull out when dotting mobs. This DoT is much better than DoD, so I'd think it would get used quite a bit.