instead of NERF's, BRING UP the lacking- just some thoughts iv had.

hello, so im enjoying the game for the most part. some issues, some my fault, some the game,

1- Spark - archmage sorc I can run around and my skills dont always cast when pressed, sorta like the one happening after dodge roll. iv ran around many corners, mobs jump me, im spamming my spark, and nothing happens until im dead, then spark will go off, kinda of a kick in the nuts LOL.

2- arcmage does NOT need a NERF, just change it so it works with fire / ice as well, not just lightning and more ppl will try to make fire/ice builds.
i played fireball / icewall from the start before ppl made it a build type. reason most go away from it is due to once you get to T2-5 it doenst hold a candle to spark at all, you can stand in a room, and spam spark and then walk around and youve killed mobs 3 rooms away you didnt even see yet. make it so fireball / icewall work with archmage, change Arcmage to increase dmg on all non-channeling spells 5% based off the max INT you have

3-dying is one thing, losing exp is another, losing the drops you get as you die is a whole diff ball game as well. but losing a map, the buffs on the map (boss, breach etc) and exp is almost morally defeating, take away the waystone and its buff, but keep the map buffs atleast, or give the option pre entering, dying will result in lost xp / all waystone / map buffs. that way you can pick your poison, yea yea "getgud" like all the no brainers say. i bet theyve died as well on random stuff, getgud!.. but when the vast majority are casual gamers, we arent pro caliber / no lifers.. the game shouldnt punish us so much, hell, from t3-5 i had to buy maps from the vendor, all t1 mind you, and reforge them up, as non dropped the entire 30+ maps. yes i had waystone drop chance of 100%+ on all of them... thats crazy, then to die and lose that waystone, gold, time, moral etc is harsh. keep the deaths and penalties is fine, but its almost like softcore hardcore..or it randomizes what we lose, xp/map/waystone/buffs..something, as im not the only one who feels this way.

4- lightning in general is just way to OVERTUNED..its why almost everyone uses it, again Bring up the fire/ice node/spell dmg or builds..youd think icewall / fireball would be great, sure if you have the UBER gear for it and are lvl 90+ when these "influencers-LOL" make these builds, well if most cant even get to 80, let alone T10+, whats the point of the builds, as most wont have the $, gear, or skill points to make the builds..but you hit a wall with fireball/icewall where it just cant CC anymore at t5 n up, iv ran hundreds of parties, and every stormweaver is lightning based, not a single ice / fire type build. and i started parties around t3..that should say all one needs to know. buff fire/ice spells/nodes, change arcmage to work with all spells!
this is just my 3cents and thoughts.