Why are mages not more popular?

[Izmael]

Mage gets a little more interesting when epic'd. You can duo some fun stuff with a cleric (WW dragons...). But, honestly, even that gets boring quickly in my experience.

The class is just way too one-dimensional and straightforward. But man was it good for farming a truck load of beads and alliance necks. After these two camps got nerfed, I pretty much shelved the mage and played classes that have actually useful spells.