I have a few advice for the game hope it helps. Probably some or most of them have been thinking by you.. I don't know if it will be kinda spoiler..
- Like the other guy says, need more spells. Not that the other spells are sux but there can be a lot of weird stuations. Maybe you should look to the WoW's spells or Dungeons and Dragons spells which will be more beautiful..
- The more magic gets better the slower its to cast. It's kinda concentrate thing but there can be such other spells that can be cast instant. Or maybe more the magician's grade gets higher the faster to cast?
- When you start as a magician you're so weak.. And the Fireball spells MUST be in the spells list..
- There can be other stats or skills for magic like "Battle Concentration".. And "Wands"..
- The last one, this bores me a lot and I'm very annoyed, Intelligence MUST rise the MANA!! If we are mage and we do magic we certanly have to be high intelligenced.. I understand the STR is 2 'cause we are weak in body, strong in the mind.. Then if our mind is so strong why our concentrate and mind power shouldn't rise?
And I have few advice for starters who ask around the same question..
-GO AND SEARCH THE GOD DAMN MAGIC WORLD!!! I have read 18 pages and HALF.. no no not "half".. 70 percent of this 18 page is question about the magic teachers, spells and bla bla and more bla bla.. Why can't you take the message? Path of magician is a hard and tiring path!!! If the creator wanted you to just do spells around, burning villages, teleport all over the world he would build a Mage Tower, he would put all mages in it, he would put all the wands, robes in it.. You are not the Merlin!! You are not the Gandalf or Nazgul!! You are NOT Raistlin Majere or Fizban OR Fistandantillus!! You are just a regular mage who travels the world to gain more power and learn more spells.. So go out and search there without asking the same question again and again..You will make the life easier, believe me..
Sorry for the bad language, bad attitude.. I'm just pissed of a bit..