Honestly, the reason I pretty much only roll magic toons is one reason, and one reason only...
I'm fascinated with magic... personal opinion only, has NO basis whatsoever on toon backstory (I'm not even an RPer) or anything else... I just like the idea of magic.
That, and if anyone ever says magic is "old-fashioned" or "medieval", then... um... go read Harry Potter... or speak to a Wiccan. Yes, Harry Potter plays off some of the classic themes (pointy hats and robes and such), but um... flying cars? Yeah, don't see that as "medieval".
As for why there are so many magic origin toons in the game?... the reasons are probably as numerous as the number of magic origin toons... laziness, personal preference, RP storyline, whatever... the fact is that they are there, they kill things as fast (or as slow) as anything else, and people have fun playing them. It's their $15/mo., who cares why they play their game they way they do? Just like it's your $15/mo. and you'll play what you want to, and no one cares... unless you're a healer and you go afk in the middle of a fight of course... lol... but that's not really origin-based, is it?
