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◊ manly · 06/27/07, 4:05 PM

I'm sorry, but i strongly disagree with whatever was said about arcane blast. The problem is not that the 2pc t5 is too good, or that arcane blast dps is very solid in a vacuum, the problem is that shadow priests are too good. If shadow priests didn't give 20k mana per fight then the arcane spec would tank, hard.

The only reason arcane spec beats fire spec is because fire spec is unable to provide more dps than its full-burn mode, which is fireball spam. Arcane spec is constantly juggling between maximizing its DPS/DPM, since its full-burn mode (arcane blast spam) is simply not sustenable (ie: very poor dpm).

Now imagine fire specs were somehow able to dump all their excess mana (hello spellhaste), then you would have an indisputable one-pve-spec-to-own-them-all.

06/27/07, 4:05 PM	#19
◊ manly Bald Bull Manly Undead Mage <Elitist Jerks> Mal'Ganis	I'm sorry, but i strongly disagree with whatever was said about arcane blast. The problem is not that the 2pc t5 is too good, or that arcane blast dps is very solid in a vacuum, the problem is that shadow priests are too good. If shadow priests didn't give 20k mana per fight then the arcane spec would tank, hard. The only reason arcane spec beats fire spec is because fire spec is unable to provide more dps than its full-burn mode, which is fireball spam. Arcane spec is constantly juggling between maximizing its DPS/DPM, since its full-burn mode (arcane blast spam) is simply not sustenable (ie: very poor dpm). Now imagine fire specs were somehow able to dump all their excess mana (hello spellhaste), then you would have an indisputable one-pve-spec-to-own-them-all.
	Please fix Mirror Image (133% of the mage threat given to each image upon cast, rather than 33%). Please make Rune of Razorice not work with frostfire bolt? Free dps: put "/use eternal earth /use crystallized earth" in all your macros. Uses no GCD and causes trinket procs. Also, this needs to be fixed. PSA: WWS does not calculate most pets.