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I've been looking everywhere for information on everything that's in the game. For example: What skills do or what do the different sub-classes do. Still don't know. I'm not even sure if even one bit of information about the game is even posted somewhere. The main site doesn't even have any information from what I've seen. I know that just by playing or buying items I can find out what things do what, but I would at least like SOME information before I can even play the game.

My only question right now is about the different elements for the Mage. What exactly is the purpose of fire, ice, and lightning, and are the weapons purely cosmetic, or do they have special abilities? I can't really play for a while so I can't purchase everything in the game in the first day since I don't have 12 hours a day to spend on the game, and I don't wanna do guess work on everything that I purchase in case I don't like it at all and wasted my coins on something that would've better suited me.

Thank you for the help :) (Sorry if my sentences sound a little mean. I'm just a little tired, and when I get tired, I become a bit of an ass lol)
 
Weapons are cosmetic.

Fire Mage is default. Standard attack is a small ranged AOE DOT. His special ability is Fire Wall, which sends out a wave of fire that stops 10~ feet in front of him and turns into a wall. Other classes (non-fire Mages and Rogues) can fire projectiles through it for a damage bonus. His focus is DPS.

Ice Mage costs 750 and is the strongest class in the game, although not so good vs bosses. Standard attack is a ranged shot which has a chance to slow targets (I usually get the slow by the third shot) and his crits will insta-kill non-elite or higher monsters as well as leaving ice cubes behind that draw aggro. His special ability is Ice Wall, which is the same as Fire Wall but it stuns without doing damage. Doesn't work on Elite or higher. As with Fire Wall, other classes can shoot projectiles through the Ice Wall for a damage bonus. His focus is Crowd Control.

Electric Mage costs 1500. Standard attack is a ranged shot that chains between nearby enemies, but it's weaker than the other two to make up for it. His crits stun the enemies. His special ability is a Lightning Ball that you have to activate a second time to make it explode, which does respectable AOE damage and stuns. Not sure if it can be used for bonus damage though. He's the most versatile with a combination of DPS and CC.
 
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Fire mage damage is very respectable. You have to attack multiple different enemies to get his basic attack DoT going. I just spam my basic attack on different enemies, and my rogue/warrior usually just clean it up with one hit each.

Ice mage as he said is the strongest, because his q pushes back/slows then stuns anything that was hit by it. His basic attack slow's monsters. He has respectable damage as well, but lacking the DoT the fire mage has, he doesn't put out more.

Electric mage is honestly the weakest. He does combine damage/cc but you might as well just get a frost & fire mage in one party for 2 beams for it. I've seen very few electric mages, and honestly when I do see them, they are very weak.
 
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