I know everything cant get fixed by one guy who works alot, I'd like to maybe help out in fix mages to more viable position.
I'd love to see a bit of mage love. A mage was my main on live and I was disappointed when I found out mid-end game on this server they were essentially useless.
As mages are all about their pet, their survivability needs to be greatly improved, nothing more disheartening then having your pet die, waiting for the recast and having it immediately die again.
What about creating a pet regen spell similar to the druid epic regen? Unfortunately the amount healed per tick would have to be very large to make a difference. Anyway to seriously up their avoidance or mitigation?
Regarding the spell, I like the idea of a serious rain spell vs a bolt as Balthor mentioned.