Originally Posted by Aoife
If I were you, I'd read the topics on the Mage Forum of the official site and take a look at the ones discussing deep arcane's raid viability.
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Why would you EVER come here and say this?
OP: Based on where you've put your talent points *cough* you should never ever touch a fire spell, except maybe one scorch to fill in your AB cycle. Move in to get within arcane range if you have to. Arcane spec is easily the most difficult spec to play. You cannot spam one button and do well. You have to have the attention span to manage range, mana, and your arcane blast debuff all at the same time.
This doesn't just help, it is required.
Your basic cycle should look like this.
ABx2, Arcane Missiles, Scorch, repeat.
You need to get your paladin's to judge wisdom, or else you will go oom from casting arcane missiles.
I would stress once again that arcane is not an easy spec to play or truly understand. You need to do research, testing and theorycraft to get to top damage as arcane. In short, you need to put in considerably more effort than just posting for help. Go read the things that Goggles linked to you, download my spreadsheet, and try to understand how mana converts to damage by adjusting arcane blast cycles.
Good luck.