Originally Posted by Goggles
The 1st 2 posts I linked are 1 or 2 pages long and are on exactly this subject - they even have answers in them. I don't see why you should expect help when you're too lazy to do anything yourself. It took me less than a minute to find the relevant threads and info. I linked full mage theorycrafting thread too as I'm sure it has useful information in and you can make use of the search in thread feature for it.
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The first thread mainly deals with the pros and cons of arcane speccing, which I'm not interested in. I'm arcane. Period. I have a specific spec that I'm not interested in changing at the moment. I linked it. I need to know what to do with it (beyond what I'm already doing, which is working so far or else I'd change it without a struggle).
The only post in the first thread that references actual experience with the spec is regarding heroics, not raids. I'm asking about how to deal with my spec in raids, specifically.
In the second thread, there's a very helpful post, actually, but the thread degenerates from there (the next few posts are mostly about why arcane sucks, not about how to work with it)
The general rule of thumb for optimizing the cycle is something like this:
1. Efficiency - ABx2, Then other stuff, then ABx2, then other stuff, etc...
2. DPS - ABx3, Then other stuff, then ABx3, then other stuff, etc...
Any more than 3 AB's will cost you the same and give you the same benefits as if you just spammed them in the end.
So, an efficiency rotation for Arc/Frost would be AB, AB, FBolt, FBolt, AB, AB, Fbolt, Fbolt. If you can do stopcasting well, you can fit in the third FBolt in there. A DPS rotation for Arc/Fire would be AB, AB, AB, Fireball, Scorch, Scorch, AB, AB, AB, Fireball, Scorch, Scorch, etc... Efficiency for pure Arcane would be AB, AB, AM, Scorch, AB, AB, AM, Scorch. You can see how it works from there.
The goal is to cast Arcane Blast during the debuff, but have it finish casting after the debuff has faded. That way your AB cycle has you getting your AB's cheaper than they should be.
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Okay, I read more of that thread, after wading through the negative posts. Why can't people just answer a frickin question??
I have a question: Do folks actually manage to reproduce their Dr. Boom results in raids? I need more feedback.
What do people think about the AB/AB/AM/Scorch cycle? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of having Imp AM? Should I put those points elsewhere?
I need to sleep on this. Maybe I'll post in that other thread tomorrow and stop bothering Goggles with this one
