We should have a "Lance mage", "Ninja Sword mage", "Fist mage"

[hallena]

And I'd like to be doing damage on par with black mages, but that ain't happening either.

Well then you should be complaining about your damage and not the laughable casting time you got on your skills.
(also sure if you want to deal as much damage as blm, we'll remove all your utility and give all your skills a 3s casting time aswell as giving you an enochian equivalent) see how you like it to be locked out of your main ability for 30 seconds when lot of movement is involved