I'm level 7 and haven't used any weapon or staff yet. So far so good!

Anyway, reading the forum and the consensus seems to be that maxing out destruction is a waste of time as it useless at higher levels, so i'm curious what tactics other pure mage players are using and if pure mage is possible.

I found using combos like calm with a destruction spell kinda effective at lower levels so there are options available. Just a bit worried that i will put 100+ hours in only to find that magic becomes redundant the higher level you go as destruction is important for Mages.

Oh yeah, and Detect Life not until level 50 svcks bigtime! For me the pure mage needs an element of suprise so don't understand why Bethesda decided to lock this so far down the perks without enchantments or potions.