Please address more.
Playing mage at level 18, vs Boomboars and Rageboars, some with modifiers, is a spamfest of death.
I haven't tried fighter or bandit, but as mage, each hit is 1/3 of my hp at around 200 health. I've tried my best to enchant and re-roll armor but the defense for a melee-oriented mage class is a joke.
I'm desperately trying to parry 4-5 mobs that sequentially attack, which always happens since they're so big they need to go around each-other to line up (meaning it takes time and they go in sequence rather than all at once).
This leaves absolutely no room for damage dealing other than stun+aoe+aoe combos once every minute due to mana regen and having to run away and not die.
The difficulty (read damage dealt and spongy mob health) is completely overtuned and not fun at these high levels. It takes me a full minute to kill one boar, let alone 5 without dying.