Back when Kage first became an RP thought, Black mage was the only leveled class/job outside of archer. I came up with some backwards story, thinking about how perhaps the family of lalafell would be tied to the thaumaturgic arts and tomes.
PVE-wise, I mained black mage for raid until 3.0 but Kage was mainly a gladiator/sultansworn and then a hired axe-man. I was/am really good at BLM at 50. Above average at least but not raid world first but quite good.
But RP wise it just wasn't.
Now I've started to main Warrior, and coincidentally Kage is an axe man in RP. If plots hadn't gone the way they had, he might actually have still been a Sultansworn but Paladin would not be my PVE main. Warrior or Scholar would still be it.
PVE-wise, I mained black mage for raid until 3.0 but Kage was mainly a gladiator/sultansworn and then a hired axe-man. I was/am really good at BLM at 50. Above average at least but not raid world first but quite good.
But RP wise it just wasn't.
Now I've started to main Warrior, and coincidentally Kage is an axe man in RP. If plots hadn't gone the way they had, he might actually have still been a Sultansworn but Paladin would not be my PVE main. Warrior or Scholar would still be it.