Good point malekith. I think the Inteligence aspect could be the key. Maybe certain wizards could simply choose a school of magic and as they level, they get special spells and bonuses. This would be in addition to the shard amplifications and Inteligence. As one's Int goes up, they can pick a new specialization or turn a previous one into advanced specialization. Each specialization could be something that is also needed to be researched or not, depending on how complex it would make the game.
The point is that it would be cool to have fire wizards that you have to train to be a fire wizard. Your nation should be feared as great fire wizards. Your weapons should be imbued with your supreme fire magics by the endgame so that every sword flames with... well with the rage of your fire wizards! The same should go for each element. We should have jack of all trades and specialists with very unique and noticeably different strategies.
That my ladds is a War of Magic.
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