So.... how much does it cost to be a strong magician?

there's a difference between strong/decent and average. I guess everyone has their own opinions about what is strong gear but wearing a combination of those gears i posted wouldn't even get you into the top 30 magicians. btw i was talking about AM prob having the lowest chance to get into a normal ht run. Did you read wrongly lol?

Then again, the damage difference between the top equipped mage and an average geared (i.e. clean level 100 gear, maybe 60% scrolled cheaper things like staff/earring) level 150 is only about 20%. The difference for a class like a Night Lord is probably around 50%, which you can guess will cost more like 100+ billion, though it is probably server dependent (That's the typical cost of white scrolling your weapon, which is an absolute necessity if you want perfect +7 10% stats).

I'm not certain but I'd guess there's about a minimum 20 billion worth of gear to get into the top 30 Night Lords, possibly more.