Quote Originally Posted by Shiyo View Post
I played RDM as a support mage. Bluemage was added for melee-mage playstyle. RDM wasn't my main, just back in 2003/2004. Later on when I came back it was SCH, which was pretty much just as complex and fun. I miss complex classes, can I have them again please? People like being challenged :/

haha honestly the disciplines are pretty complex, there are a lot of skills and much to do, you can create most playstyles from the basics. the problem is the enemies are just too weak.
When you start exploring the world, and fighting difficult things, or low manning things, you start to have to be adept, and things like retaining mp, or weakening a mob become very useful.
for example on pug, using light strike, featherfoot, and maintaining concussive blow endows you with very good evasion, but trying to do damage, or provoke or cure yourself while doing this, is a pretty intensive task. Back when we used to fight piestes in coerthas at level... 28? the mages had to bio and slow the dude, heal instantly after the breath attack, and watch for parazlyze, while trying to get in thier potshots of damage.

The trend of lowering the amount behest gives, and making specific harder monsters give high exp returns, may infact be worth it, but they need more difficult mobs, popping in more places.