In my opinion, mages rely to much on double wand auto-attack to be both viable and straightforward.
Also you should focus your mage to a maximum of 2 combat disciplines for example scoundrel and poly (only do this if you are taking Salvage Sortilege,to make your fire crits go boom very loudly) or necro + summoning (full suport,no heals if no water surfaces to take advantage of).