DGDobrev: I disagree, a mage is good at using non attacking spells. It's easy to use attack magic so I tried and felt that in most fights it's quite inefficient in comparison with fights organized around non attacking spells. For example, against long range think target, against dragons think traps, against non long range think traps, tank with extreme defense, mass haste, buffer, slow and weaken. A mage is just better to do that than a warrior. For sure attacking power is important but defense is important too for any class, that's why Archmage is that good. But with better spell support mage is quite better to take care of defense level.
Again here some points useful for such spells and a warrior won't have:
- Higher int make last non attacking spells longuer and that is a substantial plus a warrior won't have.
- Higher Magic level 1 and 2 provides you two spells in one round and that's too is a huge plus a warrior won't have.
- With spells that last shorter and and no double spells boost a warrior cannot support as well some tactics with Target use during all the fight.
- A fighter also cannot provide support buffer and traps during a fight as well and as long a mage can.
- Teleport can be huge when well used and is often a waste for a warrior that has better to do, not for a mage.
- With mage I use less long range and more close range and close range hit much harder. With mass haste you provide your troops better initiative and very good mobility allowing easilly to concentrate attacks on one troop that counter attack only once.
- Against fast dragons, double traps is quite better than one trap, and again double trap at second round can be sometimes quite good.
- A mage is also better to use Cursed Ghost because of his attacking spells to use in case of lost control. And Cursed Ghost can be a huge plus in many fights, a plus a warrior can't use as well.
Ok a warrior that hit quite stronger can be quite efficient in most of similar tactics but for a mage attacking spells are very often less efficient anyway and support these tactics better for the reason I listed above.