>That may be true if you are the level 11 mage with a
>level 15 warrior in range. It's not true for me.

I would love to hear even a hint of how you're going to beat a half-decent level 15 warrior with a level 11 invoker, conjurer, transmuter or shapeshifter. To me, it seems pretty much impossible without getting absurdly lucky. From both sides of that matchup, the lowbie mage has seemed like an absolute joke. I'm pretty sure I've never been killed by a lowbie mage as a warrior.

Would ever be killed by a level 11 mage as a level 15 warrior under reasonable circumstances? By reasonable I mean that the warrior isn't starting out near-dead, blind, fighting another mob and without a recall potion.