2009-12-05, 01:40 AM
Mages are only hard (if ever) until level 5. My first mage (now Summoner) I got all the cast skills, so I burned MP like crazy and had to afk a lot to regen. The spells were strong though, and in a party when I had others to keep the boss off my back I could just spam spells - they're strong.
My second mage (Elementalist now), I decided to use a purple L5 pole I had lying around, so I decided to check out the battle mage skills. Instantly fell in love with dragon fang and kept the battle mage theme going until 18. I thought it was way easier the 2nd time around. I loved how strong Pluto/Florae were so I raised those as high as I could. Fang - Uppercut - XXX - repeat once they get up is all you need to clear almost everything pre-18. Pluto + Florae for bosses to keep distance.
If I were to make another mage I'd do basically what Felix said - but instead of Missile, I would raise Florae and Pluto. Skip using spells altogether until level 10, you don't really need it.
My second mage (Elementalist now), I decided to use a purple L5 pole I had lying around, so I decided to check out the battle mage skills. Instantly fell in love with dragon fang and kept the battle mage theme going until 18. I thought it was way easier the 2nd time around. I loved how strong Pluto/Florae were so I raised those as high as I could. Fang - Uppercut - XXX - repeat once they get up is all you need to clear almost everything pre-18. Pluto + Florae for bosses to keep distance.
If I were to make another mage I'd do basically what Felix said - but instead of Missile, I would raise Florae and Pluto. Skip using spells altogether until level 10, you don't really need it.