Mages are magic users yes... but they have a weapons slot too
So why are the mage weapons so much worse than the weapons of others? Indeed... why are mage weapons effectively useless?
The top base damage on a weapon a mage can own is 17.
Theres the cobalt with base damage of 27 (a pretty substantial increase! OTHER classes have weapons that take them MUCH closer to that figure) but that isn't readily available.
I'm sure never going to have 10mil to spend on one.
The Golden Staff has 20... but I'm not even sure that exists. Not truly.
And so most mages will eventually get stuck with 17. Mages don't hit well anyway... but surely they deserve a weapon thats SLIGHTLY higher?
I assume that its lower because Mages are probably not much good at physical fighting... but Clerics arent either, and at level 20/25 they can wield a 20dmg weapon... at arch that rises to 21...
Surely a well trained archmage deserves a staff of slightly higher calibre than the current Auric staff? Perhaps something in the range of 19base damage?
Yes that's only two base damage difference, and it probably wouldn't make any difference at all to the fact that mages can't really fight physically... but still ^^
What thoughts do other people have on the matter?
Edited by Charon, 06 September 2004 - 12:54 AM.