Mage is currently rated 4.5/5 for damage in Warspear — the same as Chief — while Barbarian is rated only 3/5. But the actual numbers tell a very different story. A typical +10 Mage has ~1,080 Magic Damage, while a +10 Chief has ~2,000 Physical Damage. With ~50% Ferocity: Mage: 1,080 × 1.5 = 1,620 Chief: 2,000 × 1.5 = 3,000 So the Mage has only ~54% of the Chief's raw effective damage, despite both being rated 4.5/5 for damage. And the gap gets worse in actual PvP because players naturally have
