I read just half of this "story" - and can say you absolutely wrong. Try to log in game - create mage and lvl up mage till 109-110 lvl. Get items for... ok 500-1000 kkk. And then try to play. Try go in oly. You will see - that mage in oly its nothing. Mana barrier good dd will broken in 1-3 hits. This skil with 40% pdef - its just ncsoft fail - that skill must to be passive. Now you are forced activate this skill after relog, dimension relog... - why that need? And mage have just middle dmg. In aoe mode mage sometimes its ok - but acher much more better (he have also strong solo skills). I play with mage. And have typical +10 pvp set, all boss jev, some artifakts ant etc - what is important to have. And in oly I can win just 50/50 fights So it's really hard to understand about what you talking here. Only one wrong in l2 now - https://l2wiki.com/Greater_Topaz_Lv._1