Runes of Magic US / AU

Quoted from "MegaMouseSEC;506146"

Yall should really look at Dexterity a bit closer.
Most players ignore it but I have found that it seriously increases my dodge rate, which helps when a boss decides to like me better than the tank (which even with 2 recon 5 runes still happens too often).
Having stacked Dex I can dodge 50-75% of most bosses attacks easily, which gives the tank plenty of time to get his/her attention back.
With a high dodge rate comes the added benefit of not actually haveing to stack stamina so much, because the mobs and bosses cannot hit you.
[....]
In most fights due to my propensity to steal aggro I cannot go all out. But when I am asked to go all out (for especially tough fights) I have learned to slow down when my aggro meter is getting too close for comfort.

As far as the instances I hit with friends TOSH hard with tehm as often as they can allow me too (they have mages within their guild that like to hit TOSH so I am more of a backup when they have not got one online).
[...]

Quoted from "MegaMouseSEC;507549"

Lets try this again. Most mages ignore the benefits of Dexterity if I am not mistaken. They would rather go for Matk and/or intel. Both Matk and intel are nice but what happens when you steal aggro from your tank? Most of the times you end up eating dirt.
Now looking at Dexterity what does it give a mage that could help out? It increases your Dodge rate. The better your dodge rate the more often that a mob will miss hitting you thus saving your hide. Some of you will say just to use a recon rune, well I have 2 inserted in my weapons (having scout as my secondary class I can equip a bow which gives me more stat slots).
This is my reason for statting Dexterity: unless a tank is perfect at holding aggro, most times I can and will steal it from him even if I am not going full burn. Having statted the ammount of dexterity I have increases my survival rate by giving me a better chance to dodge most if not all the bosses attacks until the tank can get the boss/mobs aggro attention again. Without my higher than normal dodge rate I would most likely be eating dirt well before the tank can regain the boss's attention. At full burn I can and have stolen aggro rather quickly (an ex guildy and I did an experiment with the bosses in DoD to see just how fast I could steal aggro) from some really well geared tanks.
Although I am not perfectly statted like some players think they are, I find the way I ahve mine set to work to my advantage (especialy since I like to solo any instance that I can). It boils down to this: Would you rather have zero chance at surviving a boss going after you, or would you rather have a 1% chance at surviving that same boss. Personaly I want that 1% even if it gives the tank enough time to regain aggro.

Quoted

Although I am not perfectly statted like some players think they are, I find the way I ahve mine set to work to my advantage (especialy since I like to solo any instance that I can). It boils down to this: Would you rather have zero chance at surviving a boss going after you, or would you rather have a 1% chance at surviving that same boss. Personaly I want that 1% even if it gives the tank enough time to regain aggro.

Quoted from "mnkmurphy885;507559"

I have a mage in guild who did solo RT full on normal and bronze (on m/p), and he has little dex, and a crapton of stam and Ma.

Quoted from "CharlieBananas;507561"

Even the tree?

Quoted from "bobinator501;508200"

bottom line: dex on a mage = terrible idea and waste of stat space.