Magery viable?

[Hedia]

Ive been using archery and fencing up till now, but im wondering if Magery is a viable way to go for fighting paragons/dragons/balrons in the end, and if so, what kind of stats and gear would i be looking at getting?

[Melkor]

Sadly, it is no where near viable on this shard.

[Hedia]

well that's a little depressing, i guess ill get it up for old times sake and continue with fencing/archery.

[Devlin]

With large amounts of spdmg, magery can be good, but a leveled weapon with spell hits on it will always best casting. Fireball/lightning etc do less damage when they proc on a wep, but even with the extra dmg, magery still flunks out.

[Pentaur]

It sucks that it isn't vaiable...It turns everyone into the same charecter...Everyone is a dexer/melee...Everyone has the same stats (max str/dex - min Int)...For me it's kinda boring and bland since I always play mages in my MMO's (it's just what I enjoy)...It also means that all mage gear is junk and considered worthless...It's really sad too since they made a huge questline just for mage gear and the majority of it isn't used (maybe a piece here and there but most people I inspect have relayered stuff)...I have always hoped that they would try and balance the two so that it would be an option...but it doesn't seem like they have any plans; imho they are already streached too tight - they have lives too...That leads you to the next question...Why is it even in the game if it so overshadowed by melee? There really doesn't seem to be any solution w/o lots of work involved.

[ghost]

this is definitely needin attention, i want magery to be upped as well, it deserves it. a simple increase on the basic power would fix it, im js.

-ghost

[Melkor]

I don't see Magery getting changed anytime soon, probably ever. Although I agree It would be nice to play a pure Mage.

I don't agree that GOC armor is useless. The progression for a new player is usually get GOC armor first, then build a relayed suit, because obviously relayers are best. Pets are a big part of this shard. The key to being able to use your pets is good cleric healing, which comes down to high mana and high mana regeneration. With a team of imps and 4 GOC prieces, you can do pretty much anything in the game. And GOC is WAY cheaper than a relayer, when I started GOC cost 175-200 ED. I have more than ten relayers and i still wear GOC shield.

Side note, although Magery is not a good combat option. We do have cleric spells and Druid spells. Cleric for healing and Druid for champs.