I must say, I disagree with almost the entire post =D Nothing to heart.. but this is my view.. (Im gonna use mage/enchanter as the same thing)
I've played as a lvl 75 cleric, and just recently got my mage to lvl 70.
I actually see that mage gets strong as they level up. We are the only class with the most PVP Spells - fear, stifle, purge, that steal buff skill (4got the name), then you've got the slowness etc...
None of the other classes can make someone hopeless for a full on 12 second (chain cast fear).
Against melee class, you then delay people casting their skills for 15 sec.. make them slow while running towards you, dmg popping out of them (nova)...
In terms of PVE - We are the class that can do the most AOE dmg in the shortest time... (or it seems that way..) Archers takes a while to mist down a group of mobs.. and.. fighter's AOE are 4 mins CD... and not to even talk about cleric...
If many of Mage's skill can be casted while moving, then there'll be nothing for Archers.. as archer have many moveable skills, but they're not exactly as strong as mage's stationary skills...
I can't comment on weapon dmg.. but cant see a hammer doing more dmg than a wand/staff... coz mage uses spells while other class use normal attack... So i think we cant just look at the number on the weapon to determine our output in dmg....
hmm that's my 2 copper so far
