Well, this week is patch week, and I was looking forward to see if any changes would be made to magery, making life as a mage easier. Before this I noticed a bug I hadn't payed attention to before. I had not played my mages for a long time, and they have added locational damage since then, letting me see where I got hit. The bug I think explains itself if you look at this pic: Well ouch, getting hit in the abdomen was bugged. After asking around on boards, I foun dout it was the "triple layer" bug. I tried different sorts of clothing, but in the end decided to go with buffing equipment. So I switched to a Bastion of Tukal (160 base AL, hauerbeck coverage), and some AL 180+ celdon legs, gaunts, solleret and heaume. I imidiately saw a huge reduction in damage, I removed my underclothing and only guffed the armour (minus sollerets), I litterally turned into a tank, and made it to 35 pretty fast. This new equipment put me in a far better position against Tuskers, and I find myself tanking 3-4 at a time now, mostly with no trouble. I'm using Revitalize and Stamina to Mana V for creating mana now, I still stick to IVs in offence to awoid any annoying fizzles. Still raising skills, life being at 238, war 223, thse with the Explorer Necklace of Focus and a Willpower II Ring + a Willpower II Bracelet. I still wear the Quickness and Endurance Explorer items as well. I am still in a rush over the patch, lower weight armour, better protections, pyreals weigh 0 burden and Creature buffs last longer, luckely I now only have 14 levels to go :)