Originally Posted by Soren

Well they get their AoE spell fairly quickly from level 18ish and beyond. However, the range of the AoE is just too small to be effective. Most monsters you fight are never bunched together and usually require you to aggro them together. This takes too much time and i just dont like running around for a good minute just to cast 1 spell. I do believe it does get much more effective later on when the range becomes bigger, but in early levels, its fairly weak and somewhat useless. It is alot easier to level with a single target spell, but then thats why there are warriors.

And also, they take probably more damage than most other characters due to being a melee character (where monsters could attack you) and killing fairly slowly. Having a full set armor is key to leveling.