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Mage is fine, i'm perfectly happy playing it. I guess people don't like how squishy it becomes if you can't keep you barriers up & distance. Requires focus to play, that's why I like it.

I'm mostly happy with my mage as well.

Really only have about two issues with them:
1.) In PvE it's pretty boring and sometimes annoying due to the long casting time channeling spells (which in certain fights tend to be interrupted).
2.) In PvP the burst damage is rather unreliable, very much based on the luck you have with criticals, damage range and such. And it does vary a lot over here, ranging from barely scratching enemies with a burst combination of about 5-6 skills to being able to 2-3 hit geared enemies from full HP.

Being squishy doesn't really bother me, we can still manage for a while with invisibility and flash (unless it lags/glitches), although I'd sill prefer being able to stand some hits rather than getting stupidly broken skills as Portal (I mean, it shouldn't work if your target is in combat). Even something that indirectly helps you to survive could work - such as proper CC skills, not only slows. Currently we have Icy Grave and Conflagration that could prevent most enemies from attacking us, but Icy Grave is pretty much always interrupted in Cargallas due to the large amount of NPCs.

Also I'd like to see more use for Dispel. In PvP it's rather long casting time with most likely no effect (as nothing indicates if a Seal for example can be dispelled). In PvE it's pretty much only used now against the Astral Guardians buffs in astral from what I know. You can't for example remove the "drum buffs" on Sorcery Workshop allod or anything like that.

Edited to add more thoughts on the topic.

"stupidly broken skills as Portal (I mean, it shouldn't work if your target is in combat)"
==> thx I finaly understand why it doesn't work 50% times if not more , why didn't they fix it? Is it normal or just bugged?

Quoted from "freestile"

"stupidly broken skills as Portal (I mean, it shouldn't work if your target is in combat)"
==> thx I finaly understand why it doesn't work 50% times if not more , why didn't they fix it? Is it normal or just bugged?

I meant broken as in terms of mechanics. I don't really have problems with it, other than it sort of ruins balance in some PvP.

If it doesn't work in PvP it's usually because your target can't be targeted for whatever reasons (invisible, changing zones, in Ghostly Cover, et cetera). Also sometimes in Cargallas players glitch, showing them "Far away" on the party. They'll be completely invisible to you and you can't even target them.

i am not happy with the removal of the manarestore from illusions
on freetoplay it does not matter if you have manaregain from carnifex but on subscription its annoying

Quoted from "majere27"

we could not defeat almost any classess ın 1 vs 1 on arena..without reınc skills almost ımpossıble to kıll anorher class(mıstıc paladıne warden summy bard) almost ımpossıble

True, due to the nature of Mages you most likely won't be able to win most of 1v1 fights if any. It really has to do with random damage, squishiness and lack of CC.
On the other hand, aside from open world PvP, 1vs1 isn't really all that important. For Cargallas and dominions you have your Portal which makes you pretty much invaluable asset to your team when it comes to capturing. You can also jump right on your friendlies to burst down an enemy with a mark within seconds after respawning.
Slows are really helpful in hunting down Flag carriers and people who are trying to run away. Having lots of instant and fast casting skills is also really helpful, not to mention the fact that you can cast Icy Comets/Icy Meteors without line of sight (that can be quite huge advantage on Cargallas with all the sawmills, houses and tree trunks).

yes against summoner, mistik and warden its really hard, i agree
summoner especially due to his dots! (but summoner always was mages archenemy)
however with all defenserubies and ccs its still possible

Penance plays a healer or a psy. Nuff said?