Ok how about we step back and take a breath. 

Now, archmage, honestly I think it's reasonable to expect you to do the thinking for your character considering she's [i]your character[/i] and I don't remember you asking for any help or suggestions. If you did and I just missed it completely then I'm sorry, but getting snippy isn't going to do anything but make the people who just showed up to have fun uncomfortable. Now admittedly vulnerabilities to iron and steel in a city is a pretty significant weakness. Like Tate said, we're just trying to make it so that you don't have to get auto-hit all the time and can actually get some wins under light's belt. 

Acer gets to have the final call whenever he wants to chime in.