I am by far not the most skilled mage in pvp, but in pve, I have extreme amount of knowledge on the mechanics of a mage. I have played mage my entire time on the game, ive spent over 500 hours as a mage running maps. I will say this, a mage is better than a rogue... mages skills are by face more advanced than any rogue skills. our timing has to be much more spot on than a rogues. from a pve standpoint, a mage is more damage than a rogue, considering the mages AoE damage and the DoT of a mage. any mage can solo a map easier than a rogue considering I can stun and and block every single mob in this game except for bosses.