does a lvl 250 "pure" mage stand a chance against a lvl 250 "pure" fighter?
I don't think, there is/is many "pure" Elems..
Many players leveled Elem as secondary skill or for self-defense.
Being a HiLvl melee (main skill), i still prefer to have only amp in bag and nuke mob before it reach me (except some criters in 250ish zones, like voraxes, kinchers...) , than have always in bag full HA suite + weap and forced to use all auras and selfheals, but with unpredictable result.
Melee vs Elem.
Like stated above, i dont know any "pure" Elementalist, but duels Ele vs Melee depends on few factors.(each have 250 in both skills [ele + melee])
If melee dont have auras and selfheal - he lost duel instantly, dont depends on distance between players.
If elementalist making misstakes (nuking nonstop, when Melee uses Inv and Auras) - melee have high chance to win.
If both prepared, and elem dont make mistakes (dont waste credits) - melee have less chances to win.
but its all just hopes in the end they will just nerf cos thats all they know how to do.
Maybe just mages are overpowered compared to all other, not Melee too week
But actually, each duels result depends how players are skilled..
how powerfull they really are in their "pure" form......
No "pure" forms in 'open class/skills system' game