I want to like this character, I really do, but compared to every other character I play mage easily feels the weakest for solo content. I die constantly, both to normal mobs and to bosses. I know I’m a little under geared but it shouldn’t be this bad. I’ve tried frost, arcane, and fire, nothing seems to click. I’ve copied builds from icy veins guides but it didnt help.
I feel like, with having no self healing, no tanking pet, only a paper thin shield, and low health/defense I’m just set up to fail. Every single mob fight while doing bfa/black empire quests I’m ending the fight with low health and have to sit and eat. Every single pull. Forget aoe, if I pull more than one or two I’m usually dead.
So far the only build I can even somewhat function on is glacial spike, and I hate that playstyle, it feels slow and limited, and like I’m being pigeon holed into relying entirely and completely on one ability for any significant damage, it also still doesnt help my survival issues.
Would it kill blizz to let our water elemental tank like a void Walker? Or make our barriers actually stop more than a piddling amount of damage?