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Does Molten Fury double-stack on Ignite? In other words, does a mage crit on sub-20% result in +30% damage on the actual hit, then an additional +30% damage on the Igntie?
As far as Fireball vs Arcane Blast, there's two main things. Currently, Fire is all about balancing mana to end at zero mana for the encounter, by mixing up Scorch and Fireball as appropriate. Arcane Blast would allow for an even higher tier of mana -> DPS, but I don't think that mana pools will allow for that jump. Secondly, Fireball gets a big boost out of Blood Lust/Heroism. Arcane Blast gets little to no boost out of that spell. In any PvE situation, I'd expect to get that buff for sub-20%
I also think people aren't realizing just how fast Arcane Blast uses a person's mana. The consumption starts at around 150 mana/second, before Clearcasts/JoW etc. But that's a huge drain on a mage's mana pool that requires a lot of preperation in advance to get maximum use out of the spell. I think the spec to get maximum benefit out of Arcane Blast in PvE is going to be Frost, because it's so difficult to change the DPM ratio currently. If Frost has mana to burn on an encounter, then they can use Arcane Blast as needed.
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