I was depressed these days.
Mage turns out to be really too weak.
Damage is good,but not so great.very low defense.and patent AOE skills not exclusive,and doesn't work good.
As a magic job,we even have less skills than combat job.
AOE always be the most interesting and challenge thing to me in MMOG.surrouding , following by a crowd of mob running and spelling.then when all mob are lay down and getting a series of exp logo really funny and gratifying.
AOE always been the mage patent.but it's different in holic.warrior and monk are have AOE skills.
Mage's AOE even not the best i think.When i try to solo with AOE.i found it's really difficult.i died several times before i was force to give up.
During these attempt.i found the damage is enough.till 30 you got 3 AOE skills.
Firestorm I
Tsunami I
Tempest I
I can kill lv 29 furious tipy using their combo,but it's difficult to finish the combo before your HP drops to 0
always i can stand with subter-10%HP after killing 4 tipy,but if another tipy detected me ,i'll died.

I though about the problem and compare it too mages in other MMORPGs,i found the fatal problem is mage in holic have no control skills like slow,freezing,no damage reduce skills like mana or ice shield.
I don't think giving more defense to mage make sense.a mage surely shouldn't stand like a warrior.but more skill  should be  add...