mages/wizards are very powerful with their aoe effects.. and there are ways around it as melee (multiple abilities that essentially make you immune)
but with careful use of the aoe you can hit a bunch of enemies at once killing them all. that said however ranger and rogue styles in this game are insanely strong and will no doubt do way more damage than a wizard/mage can.. single target mostly though.
I plan on being a summoner for my main character building tanky stats and summoning and using necromancy to heal. But its not the most effective strategy.. but it will be fun for me.
