classes?

[WolfFang]

what make a good mage?

[Galt]

What makes a good mage?

Um... don't really know what you mean here....

Stats: Full INT/DEX

You didn't say whether you were going Sage or Wizard.

[WolfFang]

Oh I want to make a wizard and a Sage

[Sepharius]

Oh I want to make a wizard and a Sage

That doesn't really answer the question. You can only go either wizard or sage on one character, not both. Each of them have their own separate builds and such, so unless you tell us what you are going to be we can't really help you.

[WolfFang]

I am willing to make two mage. One will become a wizard and the other will become a sage.

Sorry If I wasnt being clear. So what build should I go for the wizard and sage

[Sepharius]

Not sure about sage, but the golden rule for wiz is to always have more int than dex. Thats about all I know about them currently, sorry.

[Aaronock]

Sage for boring leveling go 99 int, 99 dex and get Heaven's Drive or Thunderstorm. Have fun mobbing on Rach Sanc 1 for a lifetime after you get to 80 from lightning bolting siromas. You may get lucky and get invited on a necromancer run in Abbey 3, but people taking sages is rare.

Get your int to 70-80 total first and then pump dex till about 60-75 then pump more int till you get a nice total of like 100, then get dex maxed, max out int. About it.

Prof is a whole nother ball game of playing but that's for later if you need to ask

[WolfFang]

Ahh I see thank you

[Neuneck]

Not sure about sage, but the golden rule for wiz is to always have more int than dex. Thats about all I know about them currently, sorry.

IMHO casting faster is to be preferred over higher damage, so Dex > Int. Of course you need a certain int to make your spells do damage, but Aaron's stats for boring Sage lvling work for Wizards just as well.
What's the use of being able to kill High Orcs with one SG when they kill you before it goes off??

[Aaronock]

Its about knowing how to scale them while leveling that is most important really. I agree though, after a certain point dex will become much more important than int though...or at least this matters more for profs, especially the FS types.