Topic '[MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness' in forum 'World of Warcraft' - dslreports.com

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:59:47 EDT

cymraeg posted : it will apply regardless of when you decide to go to fire, basically tracking your ignite is vital, but there are some helpful tips in the video for better crisping of mobs
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Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:52:37 EDT

Carpie posted : Will have to check it out tonight since youtube is 'sensed. I've since switched to Frost though. It was an amazing increase in dps in the level 80 ranges.

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:25:53 EDT

cymraeg posted : for carpie heres a good way to use it

»www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmZNXj6Uv4Y

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:20:33 EDT

cymraeg posted : depends on spec really

for fire the DMC will give more crit especially if you upgrade 2/2

for frost the haste is better from the SW trink

for arcane im not sure, i need more napkin math but i would think the DMC wins out
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Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:11:57 EDT

Endymion posted : Ok, I have a typical question...

Is the Darkmoon Relic trinket better than the trinket you get from Shieldwall, regardless of it being 476 vs 496 (I think)?

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:09:04 EDT

Carpie posted :

said by Vinceruos_t:

At this point you atleast have a fireball crit, fireblast, and Pyro for your ignite. As soon as Pyro blast lands then you use combust. Now if you cast your pyroblast and happen to get another pyro proc then you need to cast pyroblast again before using combust. Basically you want to build the biggest ignite you can then use combust.

Perfect. Thanks, I got it now.

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:04:04 EDT

Vinceruos_t posted : Read up on how combust works. Combust damage is calulated from ignite only. Ignite is a DoT that your fireball, scorch, and pyroblast leaves on the target. The reason why I say to use it after pyro procs is twofold. You just crit with fireball and got heating up proc, you then use fireblast to get another crit to get insta pyro proc. Then cast Pyroblast because it is your hardest hitting spell and generates the biggest ignite. At this point you atleast have a fireball crit, fireblast, and Pyro for your ignite. As soon as Pyro blast lands then you use combust. Now if you cast your pyroblast and happen to get another pyro proc then you need to cast pyroblast again before using combust. Basically you want to build the biggest ignite you can then use combust.

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:57:12 EDT

Carpie posted :

said by Jobbie:

I like frost a lot more.

Frost is what got him to level 77 :)

Always been my spec of choice as well but I've never given the other two much of a chance so I thought I'd try fire since it is doing so well currently.

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:54:44 EDT

Carpie posted :

said by Vinceruos_t:

After you get an instant pyro proc is a good time to combust.

So after the proc but before casting Pyro, correct?

If that is the case how does it roll into the other spell that gives you a free Pyroblast (forget the name of it)? Do you click Combust, this other spell, and then, Pyro whenever those two are up and available? Would this be a starter combo for a fight and then lead into fireballs to Inferno->Pyro?

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:53:25 EDT

Jobbie posted : I like frost a lot more.

/runsaway

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:53:18 EDT

DarkLogix posted : Though I'm sure waiting for that proc can have diminishing returns, but a pyro should have the best ignite dot and getting the instant proc should mean there will now be a good ignite dot on the mob.

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Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:46:25 EDT

Vinceruos_t posted : After you get an instant pyro proc is a good time to combust.

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:39:12 EDT

Carpie posted : Started to play my level 77 mage again last night. Switched over to Fire spec to give it a whirl and I like it a lot right now. Noob question though... I don't fully understand Combustion. What is the optimal time to cast it?

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:31:30 EDT

McBrain posted : Yeah man, I'm actually going to reforge/gem back to mastery stacking for this lockout that way I can make an honest comparison between the styles.

I'm sitting at 31% haste self buffed, over 37% in a raid. That's good for over 40k in combat regen while standing on my rune. As a matter of fact, the guy that asked me for advice Sunday night asked me how often I cast Arcane Barrage. My short answer was, "Never, unless I fuck something up."
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Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:53:06 EDT

cymraeg posted : back to the topic though, with no basis in fact i believe that arcane is going to be changed a bit to where you will need mastery over haste in 5.2, i say this because they are looking at how RoP is currently working, i feel they don't want to go back to the wrath model of arcane standing and destroying and with higher gear it will do just that, so look for some changes come 5.2, be prepared IMO.
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Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:27:44 EDT

Antonica posted : If my first toon and main for the past 7 years wasn't a druid, I'd be scared :P

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:26:55 EDT

mettachain posted : You just have to remember to Lifebloom

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:23:42 EDT

Antonica posted : ahh phew. Ok. Thought I was completely forgetting a spell (and yes, only did that once :P)

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:22:21 EDT

McBrain posted :

said by Antonica:

what is "Mage Bomb"?

Generic term to describe Living Bomb, Nether Tempest, and Frost Bomb.
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Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:21:13 EDT

McBrain posted :

said by cymraeg:

incidentally I would be more concerned about the Ret pally doing 26k, ffs you should be able to auto attack more than that

Yeah, she's a casual and was in mostly greens...I'd never played with her before and I think they pulled her in just for free shit.

said by mettachain:

Sounds like someone's got a case of the Mondays.

Maybe a little bit...I've been in a pretty heavy spat with some old dude I've been trolling all weekend on a football forum...trying to give him a heart attack has sapped all my energy.
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Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:21:11 EDT

Antonica posted :

said by McBrain:

The debate between Haste and Mastery boils down to preference really, would you like to cast 6 stack Arcane Blasts almost endlessly by having 40k in combat mana regen at the expense of less Mastery and subsequently smaller numbers from those 6 stacked Blasts, or would you like to yoyo your mana pool by a modified burn/conserve type rotation in attempts to keep your mana pool above ~75%...Mastery stacking will lead to bigger Arcane Blast numbers, but ultimately less casts of 6 stack Arcane Blasts. Prepositioning your Rune of Power, managing your Mage Bomb, using Arcane Missile procs at the best time, and proper use and management of cooldowns all go into it.

I'm so afraid to post this, but because I'm too lazy to look it up because most sites are websensed, what is "Mage Bomb"?
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Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:18:02 EDT

McBrain posted :

said by cymraeg:

the other 2 fire magi in the group obviously know the rudimentary play of fire, switching to arcane is only going to frustrate them further, fire is still the best mage spec, the top 100 parses tells us this of any mode, if those 2 magi didn't re-gem to pure crit after the modifier to comb was reduced then even single target damage from them will be less, now arcane is not far behind and on some fights may pull ahead. Basically I would tell them to keep on keeping on with what they are familiar with.

The guy that asked me for advice lags behind the other two Fire Magi in the group a lot...Yes, he is the least geared of the three, but he gets beat to a pulp; he definitely shouldn't be as far behind them as he is. I think he's probably realizing that he's not playing Fire as well as he should be and wants to try something else. Ocassionally he has a good fight or two, but a majority of the time he's just above the tanks.

The other Mage is as skilled as I would expect an applicant to my guild to be. He's ~3 ilvls behind me and beats me on most fights that he should, but I tend to pull ahead quite a bit on most single target encounters.

I like the balance between Fire and Arcane. Yes, I realize that theoretically Fire is a small margin better most of time. But it's just close enough between the specs that if Joe (similarly geared Fire Mage in my guild) slips and I don't, I'm above him. It pushes me to play mistake free and really try to max my potential.
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Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:14:54 EDT

cymraeg posted : incidentally I would be more concerned about the Ret pally doing 26k, ffs you should be able to auto attack more than that

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:10:45 EDT

mettachain posted :

said by McBrain:

I'm not really in the mood to debate with you today, metta.

Sounds like someone's got a case of the Mondays.
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Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:09:18 EDT

McBrain posted : I'm not really in the mood to debate with you today, metta.

Arcane Mage is easy.

Being really good at Arcane Mage is less easy.

End of story.
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Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:09:15 EDT

cymraeg posted : the other 2 fire magi in the group obviously know the rudimentary play of fire, switching to arcane is only going to frustrate them further, fire is still the best mage spec, the top 100 parses tells us this of any mode, if those 2 magi didn't re-gem to pure crit after the modifier to comb was reduced then even single target damage from them will be less, now arcane is not far behind and on some fights may pull ahead. Basically I would tell them to keep on keeping on with what they are familiar with.
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Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:06:43 EDT

mettachain posted : what is srs bzns? from what i just read about your post, tells me that playing arcane mage is kind of like playing any other class where you have little debates on what stat to max more on. pretty much every class has preferential stats to suit their playstyle. And that's NOT a complicated part.

I love how you just tried to over-exaggerate the complexity of Arcane mages. you could've just accepted that i was merely amused by someone asking your for "arcane advice" but you delved into a wall of text to justify that Arcane is more complex than other classes. I say LOL to you sir!

said by McBrain:

Because try as they might to fix it, Arcane is still pretty much about "pressing 1" until your eyes bleed.

said by McBrain:

Arcane Mage requires more thought and precise execution to excel at

said by McBrain:

Yes, anyone can stand still and spam 1

I wasn't trolling but apparently there was an inadvertant hook in my post to bait you. Still I managed to filter out the implied number crunching garbage that every class has to deal with and left your post with the meat and potatos you were trying to explain.
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Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:03:55 EDT

Carpie posted :

said by McBrain:

Don't troll, bro. This is srs bzns.

Metta not troll? Come on now, I know it's Christmas and all but let's keep our requests at least FAIRLY reasonable.

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:53:53 EDT

McBrain posted : Stat priority is up for debate right now. Some Mages stack Mastery and some are stacking Haste.

The mechanics behind the spec is the complicated part. Because try as they might to fix it, Arcane is still pretty much about "pressing 1" until your eyes bleed.

The debate between Haste and Mastery boils down to preference really, would you like to cast 6 stack Arcane Blasts almost endlessly by having 40k in combat mana regen at the expense of less Mastery and subsequently smaller numbers from those 6 stacked Blasts, or would you like to yoyo your mana pool by a modified burn/conserve type rotation in attempts to keep your mana pool above ~75%...Mastery stacking will lead to bigger Arcane Blast numbers, but ultimately less casts of 6 stack Arcane Blasts. Prepositioning your Rune of Power, managing your Mage Bomb, using Arcane Missile procs at the best time, and proper use and management of cooldowns all go into it.

I've played both a sPriest and an Arms Warrior at equally high levels in the past, and I would honestly say that the current Arcane Mage requires more thought and precise execution to excel at than the other two.

Yes, anyone can stand still and spam 1, but it definitely takes much more thought and planning to be successful than it does to press 1 button aimlessly.

Don't troll, bro. This is srs bzns.
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Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:38:24 EDT

mettachain posted :

said by McBrain:

Towards the end of the night one of the other Mages whispered me for Arcane advice...

Quoted for posterity. I've been out of the mage loop this xpac but in the past 7 years i haven't seen anyone say anything about Arcane being a complex enough spec to ask for advice on. LOL arcane advice...
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Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:14:06 EDT

McBrain posted : From our MSV 25 man run last night...we did most fights short 1,2, or 3 people.

Towards the end of the night one of the other Mages whispered me for Arcane advice...I reckon I've made a believer of some of the folk in my guild. ;)

Go Go Arcane Mage ;)

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:42:02 EDT

cigtyme posted : They play with mages as much as I play with ............!

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:32:17 EDT

Carpie posted : Patch 5.1 Hotfixes - December 10
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Classes

Mage (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)

Critical Mass now multiplies the critical strike chance of Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Pyroblast, and Scorch by 1.3 (was 1.25).

Inferno Blast now spreads Ignite, Pyroblast, and Combustion to 3 surrounding targets.

Quests
The Mechanized Fire should now be easier to reach in the course of completing "Dream of a Better Tomorrow".
Players that have completed "Better With Age" and "Crime and Punishment" can now properly acquire the quest "By the Sea, Nevermore" from Zer'ik in the Dread Wastes.
Players on the quest "Sentry Wards" will no longer be placed in the incorrect phase.
The quest "Enemies At Our Door" can no longer be shared.

Pet Battles
The Battle Pet ability Stone Rush now has a 1 round cooldown (was 0).
The Cinder Kitten is now has increased health. It looks like that armor helps a little after all.
Several Battle Pets now appear during times of day more appropriate to their ecology.
Singing Crickets are now considered Rare pets. This change does not apply to pets that have already been acquired.
Silithid Hatchlings should now be less elusive.

Brawler's Guild
Fixed an issue that could cause Zen'shar's Eyes of Warding to persist after he despawns.

Professions

Alchemy
Players that have deleted their Zen Alchemist Stone can now obtain the Strange Spherical Stone to repeat the quest "Strange Spherical Stone" to earn a new one.

Jewelcrafting
Newly created Sapphire Cubs will now always be of Uncommon quality.

Items
The following PvP trinkets now have less powerful on-use effects and reduced cooldowns:
Dreadful Gladiator's Badge of Conquest
Dreadful Gladiator's Badge of Dominance
Dreadful Gladiator's Badge of Victory
Malevolent Gladiator's Badge of Conquest
Malevolent Gladiator's Badge of Dominance
Malevolent Gladiator's Badge of Victory

The following PvP trinkets now have a less powerful on-use effect, but the duration of that effect has been increased:
SI:7 Operative's Manual
Kor'kron Book of Hurting

Creatures
Various Hozen rare spawn creatures are now less likely to evade and despawn.
Clawlord Kril'mandar will now be visible to players that have completed the quests "Domination Point" or "Lion's Landing".
Huntress Vael'yrie in the Krasarang Wilds now properly offers Stable Master services.

Dungeons, Raids & Scenarios
Normal and Heroic mode raid bosses now grant 40 Valor Points each upon being defeated.
Terrace of Endless Spring
Tsulong
Elemental Shaman will now always be properly eligible for loot after defeating the Raid Finder version of this encounter.

Mogu'shan Vaults
The floor of Elegon's chamber should now always reappear after he is defeated.

Bug Fixes
Classes
Hunter (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
Pets
The Sporebat's Energizing Spores ability will no longer stack with other similar sources of spell haste.

Monk (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
It is no longer possible to dispel or Spell Steal Xuen's Crackling Jade Lightning.

Priest (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
Fixed an issue that could cause Rapture to stop activating normally if it was triggered while the Priest was subject to crowd control.

Shaman (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
Fixed an issue that allowed several spells and abilities to continue to be available while Hexed.

Warlock (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
Damage from Rain of Fire will no longer prevent enemy players from capturing flag objectives.
Havoc will no longer duplicate attacks directed against targets that are affected by Banish or Cyclone. These attacks will not consume any charge of the spell.

Fixed an issue that could cause in-game cut-scenes to be skipped when sound is disabled.
Fixed an issue that allowed players below level 85 to see and loot certain Treasures of Pandaria.
Fixed an issue that could allow the Healing Ward provided by Vol'jin during the Dagger in the Dark Scenario to function outside of the instance.

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:19:51 EDT

Stix posted : I can't c & p but i'm reading on the O boards that Fire recieved a hot fix buff yesterday.

Critical Mass now multiplies the critical strike chance of fireball, ffb, pyroblast, and scorch by 1.3. It was 1.25

Inferno blast now spreads ignite, pyroblast, and combustion to 3 surrounding targets.

It's seems to me its more of a buff for trash than single target but it will still help in whatever cleave boss fights are out there.

Hey, i'll take it. It at least tells me Blizz has an open mind of fixing fire for entry level raiding.

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:14:02 EDT

cigtyme posted : Having the freedom of choosing any of the 3 specs, puts Mages in a great place. Which only means, blizzard will find a way to mess it up. It is nice to have the class freedom to choose which spec i prefer, instead of forcing a round peg into a square hole.

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:32:07 EDT

DarkLogix posted : Stop this blasphemy.
I want the nerf undone and if the user base becomes ok with the nerf it'll never happen.

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:29:56 EDT

McBrain posted : Yeah, it seems the "nerf" in the 11/29 hotfix wasn't that big of a deal.

Couple it with the buffs Arcane has received and we have ended up with 3 very close specs.

I've noticed that on largely single target fights I tend to outdo my Fire counterparts, but on heavy cleave encounters they usually end up just ahead of me. It really looks like you can honestly play any spec you want and perform just about equally (considering you have the gear and skill).

There are still obvious situations where one spec will outshine the other, though. It just doesn't seem mandatory to play spec X for progression anymore, which is definitely a good thing.
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Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:44:42 EDT

cymraeg posted : fire is still topping WoL in all modes for magi friends dont reroll just yet

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:03:13 EDT

cigtyme posted : I will keep the spec. I had 27.92 haste last night. Only ran out of mana when i didn't put down RoP. Mobility isnt bad with Scorch. May swich to Ice Bomb, NT was driving me nuts. Was 3rd on DPS(used to first).

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:56:22 EDT

McBrain posted : It's a little more involving than previously. The playstyle definitely will take a little getting used to. I think it's more about planning and anticipation where Fire is more reactionary and rng based.

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:36:46 EDT

cigtyme posted : I tried Arcane, I hate it.

That is all.

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:17:41 EDT

cigtyme posted : Feeling considerably better

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:47:56 EDT

DarkLogix posted :

said by cigtyme:

Sorry couldn't take part in convo, been under the weather. I will try to raid tonight as arcane, i will give results.

Call a shaman and get over the weather, plz.

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:44:07 EDT

cigtyme posted : Sorry couldn't take part in convo, been under the weather. I will try to raid tonight as arcane, i will give results.

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:23:12 EDT

McBrain posted :

said by cymraeg:

if youre going to stay arcane i would go with invocation for that fight with that much haste i would guess that the cast time would be less than 5 secs. so that not only are you having the 25% bonus for the lack of mana but you can be more mobile.

That's an idea...I just wonder how much evocating I'd have to do to make up for the 30k combat regen I'd be losing. Another option would be to Scorch weave to alleviate some of the mana drain from Arcane Blast spamming.

I used Incanter's Ward on Garalon and it worked great. But, I'm not sure if there is enough constant damage on Wind Lord to provide the throughput that I get on Garalon, so that option is probably out.

I'll probably give the Scorch weaving option a try first, and if I get poor results I will give Invocation a shot.
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Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:16:57 EDT

cymraeg posted : if youre going to stay arcane i would go with invocation for that fight with that much haste i would guess that the cast time would be less than 5 secs. so that not only are you having the 25% bonus for the lack of mana but you can be more mobile.
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Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:31:42 EDT

DarkLogix posted :

said by McBrain:

It was actually brought up that our two Locks could put their portals end to end and it would stretch the length of the hallway, but then only 5 people could utilize them.

The portals last long enough for them to be placed before the pull and still be up for use in phase 2.

then I'd prioritize them for healer's and tanks

as you're in 25man raiding I guess that'd be 2 tanks and 3 heals

or Buy more locks.

In LFR I'm normally around the middle when p2 starts (your strat might change that.) but maybe put lock ports in the center and one end.

that would cut the travel distance in half for 10 people and that might be better than removing it for 5.

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:28:46 EDT

Vinceruos_t posted : Just go frost for that fight :P

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:28:42 EDT

McBrain posted : It was actually brought up that our two Locks could put their portals end to end and it would stretch the length of the hallway, but then only 5 people could utilize them.

The portals last long enough for them to be placed before the pull and still be up for use in phase 2.

Re: [MoP] Mage thread of Awesomeness

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:26:39 EDT

McBrain posted : Yeah man, we've done a pretty decent job I'd say.

There's one nuance to the haste stacking playstyle I noticed last night that I should point out...Managing mana, even with >34% haste (which is where I am raid buffed), becomes quite difficult when using Frost Bomb over Nether Tempest.

The reasoning behing this is because Tempest is cast much more often than Frost Bomb (~7 second cool down), resulting in far more Arcane Missile procs and subsequently more mana regen time.

This is somewhat troublesome on encounters that I've decided to use Frost Bomb on because of its superior performance over Nether Tempest (Wind Lord and Amber-Shaper). My guild's strategy on Wind Lord is to down all 9 adds as close to each other as possible, and we only CC a maximum of 2 at a time. Having 8 targets up leads to huge damage from Frost Bomb, but waaay fewer Arcane Missile Procs. It requires me to actually dump Arcane Charges if I have a bad stretch with no Arcane Missile procs.
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