Pet Dragons spells too rage-expensive

[Metathron]

I never choose to upgrade one of the dragon's abilities if I'm not able to use it due to excessive rage cost. What's the point, afterall? Or are you at a point where all three choices on level up offer just that? In my last game as a mage, I had no such problems as my dragon leveled up extremely slowly (hardly chose any might skills at all, and no dragon ones).

[DGDobrev]

I would suggest as a mage to stick to the Pet Dragon's utility skills, like Ball of Lightning (35 rage maxed), Mana Accelerator (25 rage maxed), Treasure Searcher (8 rage maxed), Stone wall (if necessary, you can skip it) and do the damage with your spells rather than relying on it - because as a mage, you are at a disadvantage. Only the warrior and the paladin can utilize the strongest pet dragon damaging abilities. You don't miss anything, though, since your spells will become much more powerful than your pet's abilities.

[Hento]

Yep, I never could use dive, fiery phantoms and volcano as a mage, even ball of lightning until end-game.

[eXeel]

I've been using quite a bit the Dragon Dive and Ball of Lightning - and a little of the area of effect Fiery Fathoms or whatever, when I entered a fight with max mana.
So it hasn't been totally useless for me.

But I just needed to get confirmed that I wasn't doing anything stupid by waasting lvl ups on skills I dont use

[Zechnophobe]

You should also keep an eye out for rage items. It is still very valuable for a mage to be able to call some of the stronger damage dealing dragon abilities, since they will often out damage your spells (For a lot less investment). An item granting 10 rage, for instance, will allow you to use abilities like Fiery Phantoms, which is far better than 3 to 5 intelligence will give.