Advice RE: Mages

[Sabra]

Thank you all so much for the input.

It's good to know that I'm reading the waters better than I'd thought. Seemed to me that I was getting more good from the Arcane Missles than anything else, and it seems I was correct, so that very first point goes to Improving them.

I'm attracted to the arcane skills, simply because they are different from anything I've ever used. My only d2 sorc was a cold sorc, so I know it's power, which definitely has it's appeal as well.

Does anyone else feel that the low level fire spells are not as powerful as one would expect in this game?

Lochnar, thanks for the link to that article. I will read it this weekend, when I'll have time to read. Yes, I saw it, but during the week ... just too much and I'd rather be playing. To you and Stabby, thanks for trying to get me up the ladder.

Skandranon, hurry up with that guide, will ya? I'm dying here! ;)

Best thing about this post ... I finally know who here is Sharanna. Tal, many thanks. I owe you, as you know. You've been unfailingly kind to my lonely little elf as she waits for the reutrn of Thenryb.

Much appreciated. I'll be back for more.