Celtic Heroes

If there aren't many mages why are blue rems and tabs and blue crests most common?

Well, probably because drops are random. Since there are less mages to use them, they become more and more common. Right ?

No, not exactly. Admin said that drops are skewed based on class distribution, with warriors drops more common because there are a lot of warriors compared to other classes.
However, mage drops are the next most common, and the chart shows they're the least played class.

If i'm not mistaken, this means there were, between all the 75+ :
43,9% of warriors
16,3% of rangers
13,7% of druids
15,7% of rogues
10,4% of mages
That's about the same percentage of mages as now.
There are less warriors now, but not more mages or druids. Does it mean that mages and druids are unattactive to players ? Yes. Why ? Because of the restraints they both have had since pre-update.
Druids are THE healing/support class, with the least damage of all classes. Now, not that many players enjoy sitting in the back letting others fight, even though healing is as important as tanking. That's why there is always a lack of healers in many MMOs.
Mages, on the other hand, suffer from the "false advertising" of being a caster dps class, which is why many newcomers choose them at first (because, really, who doesn't like to make their foes burst in flame or freeze solid ?) but then, at higher levels (above 20) they begin to lack dps due to few skills and too little energy regen. Hence the switch to another class, most probably warrior, who does what all the mage can't : ability to tank, to keep on tunning even without energy, and high dps.

I think that not many people play as druids or mages because people think that their robes make them look like sissies.
That's my opinion. I have nothing against mages and druids though. I'd happily play on a mage or a druid account.

In most RPGs mages are harder and slower to level. Warriors are typically the easiest. However, mages are then also very powerful at high levels to make up for this and this does not just mean dps. I don't think we actually know whether something like this is the case in CH or not. I certainly do not. Personally, I would not mind the difficulty of leveling mages if I had a better feeling about this 'end game' pay off. I would also rather have any changes reflect this, rather than just making mages easier to level, but that is just me.

It is interesting to look at the nature of Aggaroth drops. The Mage drops seem to be mostly Ice related.

Should a level 125 warrior be able to out dps a level 128 Mage? This Mage in question has max lure of fire, fire bolt, max lure of ice, and ice shards in a full foc build(870 foc). Not right at all:(

i will say this again (though it makes some mages angry)

i think of mages as a damage support class

a mage with the proper lures can almost half the time it takes a group to kill a boss

mages and druids are support/caster classes

druids keep u alive, mages make you destroy unfathomable


i love mages, lol i think they are an awesome class and whenever i get bored of pig i go on my mage (lvl 83, currently full fire build which works well until u hit lava floor)