"They see my shiny armor and blood-stained sword, and think"

ohhhh, canned dinner <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" />

It's just a difference in personal taste IMO. I played warrior in Div and was bored. I like thinking, which spell would come in handy or try out combos. And the spell Deadly Disc is really deadly. BTW, weak enemies or those I didn't want to waste mana on (gargoyles) were hacked to death with the Sword of Gods - so I did go into melee at times. My mage wore the Larian Armour or the Dragon Breastplate - and she even killed the Demon of Lies with that 2-hander Axe (Axe of Maiming?), because I wanted to try out "stun" and "freeze" (end bug) - and if you ask me how her defense/offense was then? The same I posted a bit higher <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

http://www.kiya1.via.t-online.de/images/Divexp_Demon2.jpg.html

Here you see my puny mage with that axe and a Demon in trouble. And if you still don't believe, I can make a screenshot of her stats/defense etc. she's wearing the Larian Amour... link follows.

http://www.kiya1.via.t-online.de/images/Div_Lararmourt.jpg.html

After all, it's just a game and we're not talking about RL, hm? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
Kiya