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Mages don't do "piss-poor damage" at any level. Mages will outdamage any class, any build, with maybe the exception of an axe fighter at the same level. Archers have to be extremely lucky with their poisons and their crits to outdamage the mage--it doesn't happen often.
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If a mob at my level can nearly kill me and force me to constantly spam stones/potions then something is obviously amiss and the only logical explanation is the amount of damage being done. Of course they'll out damage every class, its what they were made for. If they couldn't out damage the others they would be useless.
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I haven't actually partied with the higher AoE grinding parties but I bet a dream party would consist of a Fighter, a Cleric, and 3 60+ Mages casting Nova Frost. At the higher levels, mages are almost exactly the most wanted. At any rate, I have never heard of a party NOT wanting a Mage if they have the room to take them
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To get into a party like that you would need a miracle or a really close group of friends. I don't doubt it but i'm neither an Archer nor am I an extremely high leveled Mage. Nor have I.
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Levels are relative. Outspark Fiesta only has 79 levels right now anyway so lvl 30 in a game where the cap is lvl 99 is going to be different from a game whose cap is 79.
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Even so, the stat growth and base damage will always be the same. So levels aren't all that relative.
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Maybe there is a reason why Mages aren't as powerful as you want them to be. It's because Fiesta is more of a party-orientated game so while soloing is plausible, there is more of an emphasis on parties. In many ways, Fiesta encourages partying over soloing. If Mages could solo everything, it would make the whole title of the game redundant...
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Final Fantasy XI is a party-oriented game but even their Black Mages do twice the amount the Mages in this game do. I don't mind partying over soloing, in fact, I enjoy it but there are times when you may be forced to solo and I would like to stand a chance against what ever mobs when I do. If any class could solo everything then the other classes would be pointless and it would ruin the game. But increasing the damage on Mages even by a little bit will not break this game. It will balance it slightly.