Mages are overpowered (in a good way imo) in every game, and its because not many are willing to play that class/job usually. But in this game a lot more people chose mages, I wonder if they were trying to deter it, so you can search for a mage for days >.< (half joke). I think regardless, some people will QQ and sometimes its respectable, I mean some classes have never been good, and probably will never be if they don't wake up and smell the coffee. MRD, and LNC for example. I think they should beef up those classes. In regard to mage soloing, in this game it did not take a lot thought to solo it just took time. Now its just time+mp and nearly impossible. If a mage or any class in this game can solo it should take items (disabling pots, hi pots w/e) and thought.