G9 pure ele mage(140+) - Darkdragon
G8 blood mage(140+) - Lookatme
G7 blood mage(155+) - Xplode(Got the chance to play just once

G6 blood mage(121+) - Dawnofdeath
Having the experience of playing all kinds of mages u can think off I wud like to add a few points...
The mages dmg can nvr be called sucky compared to the other classes(speaking abt PVE) as the SB has the highest area dmg... A G6 ele mage with lvl 8 mounted Illem staff(DoD has 1) will do the almost the same dmg as a G7 ele mage... The dmg difference is 100-250 which is negotiable considering the insane amt of pots which u can carry along.. But i wud nvr prefer a G6 blood mage as it gets too boring... there's nothing to do after u make ur full set lvl 8...
A G9 pure ele mage has amazing dmg... AGREED!!! But this class is the easiest to get killed... Be it PVE or PVP... Let me give u an instance... DD had 1 of the best G9 ele sets on server, was 140+(i.e 10+ lvls of blood from 130) and she had just 1450 HP bar(this was before Haterel)... Even with lvl 6 robust ur Hp bar will not exceed 2100... Now that is a concern for me... Ele mages have real sucky def... When they go for bossing they will have to pot like mad... When I went for bossing with DD's char I had cud not tank a pham efficiently... I had to watch out from all angles for creeps... Even if 1 creeps hits u.. RIP!!! So the bottom line is... U can do good dmg but u can take good dmg from others... And if u r looking at PVP... FORGET IT!!! Archers 1 freewill and 1 ulti whistle RIP!!!
Now coming to my favourite class.... G7 blood mages... They just rock... The dmg is decent... They can tank well... And look forward for mounted G8 stuff... Now that is very important... U r always on ur toes trying to find mounted G8 stuff for urself... Once u manage to get G8 mounted set with good ops then there's no stopping... U can go for bossing at a very early stage... Hunt longer than ne other mage class cud do...
G8 blood is also a good option.. But there is not much of a dmg difference between G7 and G8 mages... But the pots difference will be huge... there will be a dmg difference of roughly arnd 200-300... If u can mage to get a G8 mounted staff then that difference can also be negociated...
If i ever make a comeback to A3 then I wud definately create a mage and make it G7 blood...
So think abt it... Don't make hasty decisions... There's no point in trying to change as u may have to start from scratch... I've seen a lot of ppl going pure G8 and then chaning to G7 blood the next day... Ask ppl like Gujrargirl and Linainverse who have been in those situations... I'm sure they can guide u better than me...
Cheers!!!
