Why in the world does Thorvald and Osvald give mage's melee not magic level? I am sure this has been proposed time, and time again. I just dropped millions on my mage last night, and I seriously just want to walk away from him now. This is silly, and terribly discouraging. Please look into changing this. Although for mage's that are already playing, the damage is already done. Thank you kindly for your time, services, and consideration.

Ok after speaking with a guild mate, I can totally understand as to why you don't get Magic Level for those repeatable tasks. Although why in the world do you get melee? I would suggest giving mages a little more on the def skill only, or if that isn't possible. Then give some exp with def skill. Anything but melee. The mage can't use melee weps anymore that option for tasking on those NPC's is outdated.

Doing that maybe the mage's will be less tank and will give more damage, i agree

After further consideration. I have come up with my ideas being a nerfed magic lvl 0.5x gain, with 1x def or 1.5x def gain only. Since they nerfed mage def by taking shields away, and giving us spell books. For the 2 tasking quests.

Indeed... As well as the heart of the matter. If spend your time tasking and get melee not magic, it's absurd. They have now patched mages to be unable to use melee weapons and shields. Melee skill was silly to begin with. Now it's totally outdated though and a waste.