1. One key thing I believe is Spellpower plays a vital role in a Mage's life, as does Enhanced Damage for Melee Characters.

Toss in Lagging skills, Defenses, and Dual Wield and any way you stack it 20-35ish the mage is different tactics.

I believe Spell Power should actually award MORE in the beginning so that spells are slightly more consistant, I know it is counter to how skills work, but that would equalize damage for mages at least at the level where most spells are Horrible in their spell %'s.

Spell Power an Enhanced Damage just get learned at a MUCH different rate, every weapon swing is a chance for E.D. to Increase, where as Spellpower takes actual spells to be cast (Mana), so there's a chance to increase E.D. as long as your HP is ok, where as S.P requires HP and Mana.

2. Next up is defenses, I would LOVE Mages to have more defenses, but frankly they'd be really powerful with them at the 35-51 range. This is out of left field, but maybe allow mages to train Dodge or Shield Block to a low % ONLY, i.e. 50%, 45%, 30% and require 1 prac = 10% even for Elves.
The reasoning behind this is the mage would still have to consider is the Offhand worth it, and knowing that dodge isn't going to save your butt TO often would help.

3. The Veil, Love it or Hate it, it's here to stay. The Veil plays such a vital role in any mages life that playing a Mage with a Thick Veil can frankly suck. I understand that's the reward to Melee and Ragers, however the mages have no Equal way to affect Melee in such a pivotal role. True, a THIN Veil rewards are MASSIVE, but again it's focus on a Mage for better or worse, rather than Melee. I frankly have no idea how to correct this, BUT I still believe the Veil is a GREAT Addition to the game, allowing more dynamic wars/fights/interactions. The Drawback is it's fluctuations. Make it a steady timer if it's not, and make changes from level to Worse/Better much harder to change. For a Thick Veil I'd hope to see the Commander, Drillmaster, Battle Gods, and Drunk Ragers raping and slaying everything within Galadon to Modan. On the flipside for a Thin I'd expect to see Nexians, Fort, Tribunal, AND Scion Mages all running around.

Sorry for the WALLS of text, it comes from my role writing skills.

Seilclavin, the Horrible Pker and Herald Punk