I fully geared 4 of my chars with my mage farming. I didnt waste my time crying about a non-existent problem about mages. Most of your income shouldn't be about what drops you get from your cardinals. For example I farmed aoe haungas for bus, ravens for antidefs, dms for monster stones and high classes. And you wanna learn something new? You can actually try upgrading and marketing with those drops! Amazing new feature, isnt it? I quit the game a while ago and logged my naked ass mage just to see the damages and you know what is even funnier? Mages now do even more damage to mobs I frankly dont know what youre even talking about at this point. Well, good luck.