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So mages, are you still frost fire? or are you Arcane??

What kind of gear do you have and whats your dps?


Currently I have ****ty gear (upgraded now) - 4xt7 (2x7.5 2x7) and some other 10 man epics and some pvp items. My dps at best is +- 3200 in 10mans and like +-5400dps (on Thadius) 25mans (had an elemental shaman boosted my dps by sooo much) +- 4300 dps without a boomkin or shaman in the raid

Using
Glyph of Molten Armor
Glyph of frostfire bolt
Glyph of scorch


Post Armory links (that work)

What glyphs you are using etc
 
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I have just got my Druid to 80 and am wondering whether I should level a mage now. My first toon was a mage which I got to 52 before moving over to the horde.

I have always had a soft spot for mages and I love Blink.

Always wanted to go Arcane.
 
My current spec is frostfire: http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-talents.xml?r=Stormrage&cn=Vishka&gn=Council+of+Darkness

Fights in Ulduar are long and use up tons of mana. With the nerf to mana regen from spirit, arcane doesnt seem like a good spec at the moment.

Once you are in good Ulduar gear with alot of spirit, fire seems to be the way to go. I like big numbers (big crits ;p ) so I will probably stay FFB. Just remember, the only reason why fire wins is because of Torment the Weak.
 
hmmm so your spec is 18/53/0, I'm currently spec'ed 0/53/18. I have always wondered about your spec.

does the frostfire dot count as a "slow" and does 12% more damage triumph
6% more dmg
increase critical strike damage by 100%
10% less mana on all spells
icy veins
 
aracne is ftw,i got 4k dps in xtt-002 robot thing and about 5k to 6k on 25 man,the fire is very goos spec but i dont like dont have the hit gear to make make fukk use of it :)
 
I'm Arcane and I get around 4.3k DPS :)

I have 4X T7.5.

FFB is also good and I have this as secondary. Haven't tried it yet though.
 
I prefer frostfire. No mana issues and good AOE damage. Anything upto 6k DPS is doable on any fight. Since 3.1 and including the Focus Magic trick, my crit is higher than before. FFB relies heavily on being able to crit alot.

My DPS eats arcane mages for breakfast :p

Stats:

2114 SP unbuffed
290 Hit (capped as we have a moonkin)
595 crit rating
509 Haste (2.6s FFB)
 
With dual spec, you can swop to say a fire mage spec and cast focus magic on someone. Thereafter, change back to frostfire. You will still benefit from the focus magic as a frostfire mage.

I will try to get my spec on wowhead. Its just the cookie cutter frostfire build.
 
Just out of interest. What is your rotation as FFB? Never tried it (frost the whole time).
 
Since 3.1 and including the Focus Magic trick,fixed in new patch btw

so the buff dissapear if you change spec,i tried fire and ffb the dps is just random, i dont have stable dps thats why i use it even know i had 46% crit without ele shammy,i was struggeling to get it 4k,its sometimes burst allot of dmg then it goes low again.
 
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hmmm thats weird .... if you had 46% crit, you should got many hot streaks.

Frostfire spec is wholly dependent on you specing correctly, check out
http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Ahn'Qiraj&n=Midoree
(that's me) I have the required crit but not the required spell dmg and haste to be imba.

You should also remember that the spec also receives alot of dps from Living bomb, if you dont apply it you will miss out alot.
 
Arcane is still ftw...ok it does have some mana issues but...Still best dps out there for me.
 
back in TBC long before the nerf(T5 ish level not T6 - T6 was fire hands down) I was the only mage on my server that use to pawn as arcane. I remember being no 1 on kael for our first kill.

I want to try Arcane again but cba to regem all my gear.
 
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