I would say that not every class is supossed to be a melee 1v1 class...^^Mage got other abilities and functions...
@ Teth . People only complained about the nova damage.
Cause a Mage nova party was able to rule cz and wars.
Now its a lil more balanced but a good Mage party still rocks.
Though this has nothing to do with a Mages 1v1 capability (u wont use AOE attacks in vs I guess

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Strength Mage can hit (staff hit) like 1k on any target...what makes it a priest killer.
Warriors and Sins will only hit about 400-500 dmg on a Priest with Valks + TShield.
+1 to lower the AC from Mages.
The idea from
220 might be nice to add a str staff with HP Bonus - that would help the str mage and would compensate for the lower AC (if it gets reduced).