Mage SP (WHAT DO I CHOOSE?)

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Hi, I'm new but I've been following this game from a sibling for awhile.

My concern regarding the mage class is which one do I upgrade for the specialist classes?
I hear that upgrading the healer (lvl 46 SP) is considered INEFFICIENT as it does not affect the healing rate nor buffs. It merely boost the defense and attack, which is not necessary considering it's role.

So should I invest in upgrading a more combat-based specialist, if so, which one?
Help a peasant friend save some cash, ya? (not a NosMaller btw, just F2P)

[bemte]

Depending on your level, I wouldn't invest too much into updating either one yet, as updating can get really expensive really fast.
Get them to +1 so you can buy wings (e.g. blazing firewings for around 400k), which give +1 speed (mages are just sooo slow without speedboosts^^).
Then just play them and decide on which to update later. There are a total of 8 specialists in the game for every single class (plus some others, not class bound) and you might find that a new one that you don't have yet is way cooler. :)
If you want to invest gold, try to get a fairy with much element (e.g. the 50% fairies should cost around 2-3m (1m = 1000k)) and they are really worth this gold for a mage, as you are doing lots of elemental damage. Once again, you should maybe wait until you know which specialist you prefere; unless of course you can afford all four fairies at once. :)
Apart from that, you might want to get a good pet to tank for you (e.g. Darko for around 700k on the new servers or, if you can afford it, Fibi for around 3m), update its defence level to 5 or 6 and then feed it up to your level. It will survive a lot more than you would (especially with buffs from the healer) and will make it a lot easier for you, as you can focus on healing or doing dmg while the pet tanks.

I'm personally at lv 83 now and I haven't updated a single one of my specialists above +1; not because it would be useless but simply because I have more important things to buy. :)

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Dope, thats really helpful! Thank you so much