What 4th job is supposed to be.

Money is barely an issue anymore in this super-inflated server. I've never looted at newties 120-147 except for drops nor have a leeched other people for money; it's very easy to make a lot of money merchanting nowadays.

You have to look at a mage's skills.

CL vs Blizzard.
Pros : Blizzard hits 15 monsters and also hits most of the map. Also, you don't have to really pay attention.
Cons: At level 1 (with maxed amp), it costs 4.2k MP. Boring as hell.

Pros : Um.. it looks cool and with the possibility to hit 6 monsters, you could get some decent range.
Cons: CL hits 'x' damage and lowers everytime it 'chains.' Compared to any other class that isn't a mage, it's weak as hell. What are the chances that 6 monsters are clustered together enough for you to kill them?

On my mage, level 1 Blizzard does 15-20k damage. With level 20 CL, it does about 6-10k damage. Blizzard training would get me around 16%/hr soloing. Training with my other skills would probably get me around 8%. I don't think anyone could get that close to that girl's damage (in the first video) with gMS' current weapon sets making training at places like Cornians harder.

Also, on a side note, chain lightning's damage isn't too spectacular when it reaches the 4+th monster and barely adds on anything. It really shines when hitting 2-3 though. Another thing is that ice demon does more damage than chain lightning in mobs of 4 or more.