I agree with Pirate here. Since mages having high strength and command stats only benefits them defensively, and defense in this game lags massively behind offense, having a few mages with high defensive stats is not a bad idea. It is something I actually talked about a long time ago. Although I would have liked to see this a long time ago and on some of the newer mages so new players or new builds could be tried. By the time you get Aphrodite, eh its pretty much over.