Mage in BG, Really completely useless ???
What does a Mage do in a BG apart from dying...?
I tried it for some time now as a LV 30 Mage, but OK, you're the lowest level so more than annoy people you can't do. Had fun anyway, (even captured a flag once, they weren't looking).
Now I'm a LV 38 (fire)Mage, but still, the dying part seems to be the only thing I can do well.
My Firebolt still takes way to log to cast... Hardly get one off before I'm stunned, confused, in love, or scared again, or something. I have no defense whatso ever to any of those... Crowd attack spells like BlastWave and Arcane Explosion don't do nearly enough damage and take up huge amounts of Mana. FrostNova doesn't freeze anything long enough to be of any use.
The damage I do is pathetic. I haven't seen a critical yet. I need to hit chars with Levels close to mine at least ten times and of course I do not have the Mana for that.
On the other hand it takes only two, or three blows from anything (even e LV34) to wipe my *** out...
Needless to say... This isn't fun anymore...
Can anybody suggest a strategy for a Mage in BG. What spells are the most usefull ?