I play an 80 UM mage in a full Empyrean Set with max OJs and full linked. All of the warriors and guardians take me down in under 5 hits every time. Sometimes I die so fast that I don't even have time to move my character let alone pot. The worst part about this is that they hit me THAT hard but what takes them 4 shots to do takes me 20. How is this fair? Why is the mages damage bar at max when you choose your character then? I can't solo anything. I die before I can do anything when fighting close up or at ranged for that matter because hunters hit me HARDER than the melee dps do! I've read several posts talking about how attack damage is 1:1 with defense, but Magic Resist is 2:1 for magic users... How is that fair to mages? I'm sorry but I would really like to see the resistance on the gear come down and the defense on mage gear to come up. It's pretty sad when a fighters 79 Imperial Top has more defense on it than my entire set.. Let that one soak in a little bit.....

This has been a completed complaint since wit lapis was introduced. There have been threads about it for way over a year now as well... It's pathetic. They can just link a bit of wit in their helms and become immune to magic while we can be destroyed instantly... I've also noticed most people that play casters are best at playing casters. I'm not changing my class! Apparently they will be balancing classes this year, but it wouldn't be their first time breaking a promise if they didn't...