Wrong choice of equipment, stat distribution, enchants and skill loadout. Race does have an influence, but does not necessarily prevent you from reaching 30k.

Instead of inferno, use inner light from mages guild. it gives you the same crit boost (the difference is just a UI error) and the lost damage due to the fire balls is more than made up by the additional 7% magicka.
Keep in mind that all percentage increases also increase the value you get from e.g. magicka enchants or set bonuses.
Slotting meteor adds another 2% if you have the mages guild passive.
At Vet6, you do not yet have access to the best enchants and sets. 21k at Vet6 is actually quite decent.
Complete your sets. None of your items equipped at the moment adds max. magicka set bonus. At V14, a single max magicka set bonus is worth 900 magicka + whatever you have in regards to percentage based magicka increasing perks.
leepalmer95 wrote: »Instead of inferno, use inner light from mages guild. it gives you the same crit boost (the difference is just a UI error) and the lost damage due to the fire balls is more than made up by the additional 7% magicka.
Keep in mind that all percentage increases also increase the value you get from e.g. magicka enchants or set bonuses.
Slotting meteor adds another 2% if you have the mages guild passive.
At Vet6, you do not yet have access to the best enchants and sets. 21k at Vet6 is actually quite decent.
Complete your sets. None of your items equipped at the moment adds max. magicka set bonus. At V14, a single max magicka set bonus is worth 900 magicka + whatever you have in regards to percentage based magicka increasing perks.
inner light adds 7%, isn't it 2%?
anyway as im on console it's kind of hard to level the mage guild line with add ons, any suggestions?
leepalmer95 wrote: »Instead of inferno, use inner light from mages guild. it gives you the same crit boost (the difference is just a UI error) and the lost damage due to the fire balls is more than made up by the additional 7% magicka.
Keep in mind that all percentage increases also increase the value you get from e.g. magicka enchants or set bonuses.
Slotting meteor adds another 2% if you have the mages guild passive.
At Vet6, you do not yet have access to the best enchants and sets. 21k at Vet6 is actually quite decent.
Complete your sets. None of your items equipped at the moment adds max. magicka set bonus. At V14, a single max magicka set bonus is worth 900 magicka + whatever you have in regards to percentage based magicka increasing perks.
inner light adds 7%, isn't it 2%?
Paulington wrote: »It varies by class. Here is my Sorcerer:
I do have the Emperorship Bonus at the moment, my Health is usually 17,000 on the dot, so imagine that instead of the 18.8k it shows. I get this Magicka from the Undaunted passives, all magicka enchants, I have all my Attribute Points in magicka, I use Inner Light and Bound Aegis and all of these stats are with VR10 Blue Health/Magicka food.
To hit 40k+ you need to be using a Master Staff (I don't) and The Mage Apprentice (I don't), that or stack other sets that give lots of +magicka as a set bonus but that's not the best way to hit maximum DPS.
As a DK you lack Bound Aegis but you should still be able to hit 30-35k magicka with VR10 Blue food and the right gear/attribute points.