Celtic Heroes

All the patches improving mages make us stronger, but are we still underpowered?

The only that actually helped me is:

-slightly less energy cost for skills
-lures' faster reload
-energy boost

We still cannot solo quite well. Energy Shield still cost crazy amount of energy to cast.

Take a look at rogues for example. Each auto-attack hits are like one of our firebolts, if compared at the same lvl. Our ice shards is a tie with sneaky attack. Rogues also have better armour, and can solo much better. Our spells are better, but their melee and armour...

Yes, mages are good in pvp, but that's only a small part of the game.

Plz leave ur feedback.

I solo very well. I have no problem killing 3* mobs up to 5 levels higher than me, and 4* mobs if I double cast energy shield.

Yes but Crews, don't you use a melee Mage build?

Yes but Crews, don't you use a melee Mage build?

I do and I do have lux and some solstice gear. I understand that my build and gear don't lend themselves to everyone though. The melee build is useless IMHO until you can get a good offhand, but when you do it is extremely viable to any Mage. If I remove all my armor and jewelry and use h2h only equipt with my offhand I still do more damage than any wand I have encountered. Maybe diamond and some rare weapon drops are better, but I have not been lucky enough to have them.

Mine is not melee alone. I forgo the low focus/ high vitality build and instead use my energy shield. This allows me to still cast spells like a traditional Mage. The only added benefit I get now is I hit 250-270 with h2h while I wait to cast firebolt again and again.

I haven’t tried a melee mage before, as I haven’t got any of the high end items required, but I can imagine that it is pretty amazing. What I would like to be able to say is that the caster mage is pretty amazing at high level, but as it is, I cannot.

To me the mage still feels quite sluggish, the power is not as high as I thought it would be, the wand damage is a joke, and armour choice/stats are not good. I like lure soldiers/assassins, and can see that it gives a mage something unique in a boss battle, and maybe other players might actually want a mage to be in their team, but I haven’t put points in it as I solo quite a lot, and there just isn’t enough points to go around adequately. I’m not happy with all the lures, and that to get any decent damage, I need to lure first (twice in fact), which slows everything down. I can’t comment on energy regen as I bought loads of sigils. I just feel that the mage needs more work doing to it, but then again, I expect a lot of players might feel the same about their own class.

I agree with you 100%. I would never recommend anybody be a Mage in this game. Without spending a boatload of real cash it's an exercise in futility. If only I knew this 100 levels ago.

mage aren't underpowered at all. I think mages are now one of the best classes. Of course its a little harder to train solo, but we are extremely strong for other things. I am a gd mage to train with because in one hit i take off the half of the health of a mob then the others training with me finish it, This helps killing mobs much quicker and then better xp. For bosses u do a lot of damages easily without getting ur hands dirty . which saves u a lot of idols and money. (compared to rogues and warriors). Another thing cool is that mages are the best in pvp, we can kill anyone easily and without loosing any health thanks to energy shield. (i defeat easily lvl150s) Conclusion don't try to find defaults in mages try to see the advantages.

lvl134 mage in belenus (DragonSpirit)

mage aren't underpowered at all. I think mages are now one of the best classes. Of course its a little harder to train solo, but we are extremely strong for other things. I am a gd mage to train with because in one hit i take off the half of the health of a mob then the others training with me finish it, This helps killing mobs much quicker and then better xp. For bosses u do a lot of damages easily without getting ur hands dirty . which saves u a lot of idols and money. (compared to rogues and warriors). Another thing cool is that mages are the best in pvp, we can kill anyone easily and without loosing any health thanks to energy shield. (i defeat easily lvl150s) Conclusion don't try to find defaults in mages try to see the advantages.

lvl134 mage in belenus (DragonSpirit)

What about energy ? How many sigils do you use ?