I want the mage gameplay from Dragon Age Origins back. My Qunari mage, with +20(and some more) Konstitution and +80(and some more) max health is weak as the other mages and takes the same damage like the others. I don't want the clichés mages that not even can survive an arrow.
Give me back the arcane warrior, heavy armor with mage boni, mighty swords , schilds and so on. PLEASEEE 
and don't forget the heal magic. I miss the Dragon Age Origins gameplay. no clichés.
You need to have develop your team with the proper abilities. I'm at level 6, in the Hiterlands with Vivienne, Sara, Cassandra. This group has two mages, an archer and a tank.
Abilities BARRIER and GUARD is a MUST to survive. BARRIER acts like a shield and Guard is like extra health. Cass is almost invincible (at this level anyway) because she has triple protection. Like an onion, the enemy must peel away those layers, before starting to hurt her.
Both I and Vivienne spam BARRIER (from Spirit tree) during combat. Cassandra generates GUARD when she fights, because of the way she is specced. Sara has the left side of the Archer tree developed along with Stealth. The left side allows for a "jump back" ability that takes her away from danger and the stealth ability makes her invisible.
Good guide on how to generate GUARD here:
http://www.reddit.co...generate_guard/
Good luck