Here's my wall of text. xD
Cool downs
Dammit, why do I have to wait six minutes for NS to cool down when it is only a one minute buff? And god, it doesn't even help anyways cause I'm using all my other skills! ):
If you don't like the cooldown of a skill, then don't use it. Like you said, it has practically no use besides PvP. I'm pretty sure you have at least three or four other spells to use during cooldown time.
As for using level 1 spells, er, why are you complaining about it? The reason mages use level 1 spells is that it dishes out the most damage in a certain amount of time. And what's more, you use less sp. Your damage isn't affected too much either because mage spells are based off mdmg. You should be
happy about this. This is coming from an archer that uses 1k SP killing one blue trumpy with almost all her skills. If you really are annoyed with your spells, trade with me. I guarantee you'll want them back in an hour. (;
Damage
Your damage really depends on how you build your mage and if you CS. I've met mages that outdamage everybody else in the party, including the charmed+buffed+scrolled+egoboosted fighter. Then, I've met mages with a +9 blue which I can outdamage on my archer
with a 6x bow. So if you think your damage is lacking, I say you should probably take a look at your equips and other mages' tactics.
Usefulness of Spells
Only going to talk about Nova and Inferno because I don't know anything else. xD
I don't know
how you can call them only semi-useful. Even from an archer's point of view, I would love to have a mage in the party. Nova+Inferno dish out
loads of damage. They also stack, so if there's more than one mage in the party, the damage won't be wasted (unlike the archer's AoEs ;/)
I agree that you can't kite with them, but you can
definitely tank. Don't try arguing here. I've watched a mage tank an entire nox room in CP1 before, and that's not very easy to do with the nox's special attack. She had a blue +9, but that was it. She used nothing but her AoEs. As for me, I stayed in my little corner and watched her dominate all the mobs that spawned. xD
Go watch these kind of people before you complain. They are
amazing. They are tankers, they are dd'ers, they are party players, they are solo'ers. If they can do it, then I'm sure you can. (;
Casting animations
Fighters are glitched. They aren't supposed to be able to cast skills like that. Right now, they can't cast one skill after another and ignore the animations, which make them heavily overpowered since they can dish out 2x the skills in the time other class cast one. So er, it's not a good example to compare to fighters.
Range
Archers have pretty much the same range as mages. Just be glad you can stay out of KKP's AoE. (:
And I've always thought that "range" should be in the archer's domain.
Kiting
Lmao, no. Mages are supposed to be a support class: dish out heavy damage from behind a tank. Or, if they want to, they can be a tanker mage and take on all the mobs while dishing out heavy damage as well. xD But kiting? What do you want to do, merge archers and mages? Archers have a reason to be there, not just for "variety." Archers= snipe, range, kite. Mages= damage, support/tank, no kite.
Stones
Agreed with you. Both archers and mages have very few stones for some reason. o_o
Ending comments
Mages, imo, are the most balanced class compared to the other classes. There's clerics, who is next to invincible (with the right tactics and gear) one on one, but with such low damage uncharmed that it's hard to take down anyone. There's fighters, who are currently the tankers, DDers, and best PvPers (nerfnerfnerf~ TT__TT). There's archers, who have very little skills and have only recently begun to get partied since BR needs archers and AoE's can now be cast while running. Mages are juuusttt right. It's not that mages are underpowered, like you said, it's just that other classes are not in balance with mages. Mages are the only ones who are living up to their description on Fiesta's site. ;/ So, I don't think you have much to complain about.
And one more thing:
Originally Posted by FabledWaltz
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As for PvE? You can only rarely get a group. Relying on friends is a no-no. So for the most part, you're forced to solo with the above mentioned gear. Oh and no cash shop items. Again, tell me how you fare. Because if you can do better than I can, than I will never complain about Mages again.
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Wait what? ._.
I don't know about you, but half the reason I played fiesta
for friends. I solo'd a lot on my archer because I wanted to, not because I was forced to. And as a 7x mage, I'm sure you would be able to get parties, since I could get into parties as a 7x archer with a 6x bow and no Piercing yet. ._.
tl; dr
Mages are the most balanced. There's nothing much to complain about, except for stones
and fighters just kidding. xD)
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