Quote Originally Posted by Blazin View Post
I don't understand why dex mages arent as played as paladins, i was full int mage and repec'd to be able to use death set (talon) and i do 230 dps and over 270 with the dmg increase spell, add in aoe damage, heal & rev and for a level fifty my mage kicks ***. maybe i just enjoy the dps side of things? seems to me a paladin is a watered down mage that's scared to die..?
Because every Dex-Mage out there has prefered the Avian bird over dex mage. Dex mage is a weak int mage and avian bird knock off, so that's why its not too common.

You should try a Avian bird, you will most likely enjoy it more then dex mage, if you enjoy the dps side of things.

Also to add onto what Royce said, as a Dex Mage, you may be hitting 500's-800's damage, but you are hitting very weak for your spells. A Int mage can hit up to 800 damage per enemy with a fire blast spell. All aoe damage spells combined, easily thousands of damage more per second then a dex mage.