Originally Posted by JonaWoW
The normal objections to arcane are that it's 1) too mana intensive (I have a shadow priest constantly feeding me mana) 2) The range isn't sufficient (with the right bossmod, you have more than sufficient warning to get the fuck out of the way before shit happens) 3) with the main spell being a 5-sec channel, you can't move as often without sacrificing mana (see item 1)
So for this argument, let's also assume that I have a shadow priest in my pocket (luckily I'm married to him) and I'm also able to get the movement speed buff from the fun little daily Simon quests so I can get out of the way pretty fast. Basically I want people to assume these kinds of things aren't an issue.
If you had all the mana you wanted, and could move ... pretty fast... and could only spec arcane... how would you maximize your damage?
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1) Most fire mages have a shadow priest. I've tried a full arcane build and a shadow priest and elemental shaman were not enough to allow me to get through Magtheridon or Gruul without going out of mana (and I did less damage as I was having to be pretty conservative with mana).
2) Movement and range are an issue. However fast you move in and out you're still losing damage over the fire/frost mages who can sit at 36-41 yards and keep on nuking.