Mage rant.

[Ivramire]

This is what I hate. No one will ever defend a Mage but instead point out all of it's supposed "pros" while comparing it to other classes that can't do the exact same things. Well no shit! If they did the same thing as me, again, what purpose would we serve? None, as I have stated before.

I can't speak for anyone else but I do think that balancing view-points and classes are in ''everyone's'' interest, not just the Mages or the Archers etc. We're just not as pro-Mage as you seem to be because you seem to veer right off the edge of class-balancing while not acknowledging any of the strengths that the class has.

As I stated before, our range does not need to be incredibly long but long enough so that I don't have to sit there and get smacked around like a rag doll until the monster finally decides to drop. And why should I or any other Mage suffer just because it is a "party" game?

You answered your own question. You suffer because it is a party-game, which means that it's not supposed to be easy to do things by yourself.

Every MMORPG is a "party" oriented game hence the "Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game". But again, most games will not screw people over like this to the point where soloing is (nearly) impossible. If I can't find a party, should I just never play? I mean, that makes no sense at all.

Soloing is really only easy in the earlier levels. Also in every other MMORPG I've played, it's supposed to get harder and harder to solo the higher you go.

Edit: Seriously, the whole "Mages are wanted more than Archers" comment is just bullshit. There will be times when one class is preferred more than the other but most people are kind enough to accept either/or. If your server keeps picking Mages over Archers than I suggest switching to a new one.

It's not ''bullshit'''...were you even there when there was a massive blowout about Archers not being partied and Mages being created in mass-numbers? The only Archers getting partied were the ones with friends and established grind-parties. Until the third AoE, and later on with the cap-raise, things were pretty bad for Archers who wanted pick-up parties, they just were nowhere near as good as Mages for grinding. Suggesting to move to a new server is kinda extreme...what with the problem of losing everything and all.


EDIT: lateeee Dx


And Mana-burn is a good humiliation move to kill someone with when it does happen :D