I already made a post about this,and the only benefit of a spirit for a mage is the add of the (6) set offensive damage and exp for killing monsters. other then that adding sapphire embeds is a waste its been tested it doesnt increase your stunning/aoe for shayd/smoulder. and doesnt increase the damage itself. mages in this game need to be rethought on because they are at a large disadvantage regardless of their stunning/aoe (shayd,smoulder)