I was going to contest the point about robe combat effectiveness, since WoW's mages wear them exclusively in combat... then I remembered Priests and Mages are the slowest units in the RTS - in order to bend the laws of physics to their will, they DO give up almost all actual combat capability.
These are the things that I couldn't live without.
You can't 'necro' a guide. They're here to be discussed and appreciated though the life of the server.
Thanks Reigen! Krull even saying this was a necro makes me sad. I feel a lot of these guides are under utilized and really should be mandatory reading for anyone trying to improve themselves. Even while I wasn't actively being a member of this site I would constantly come around just to read through the guides and/or use them as examples to help others.