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Tilethryn · 10/05/07, 3:03 PM

This is probably exactly the kind of thread that E&J frowns upon, but hopefully enough good can come from it to justify its existence, similar to the hunter thread that I've blatantly copied.

For various reasons, I'm making the switch from a raiding hunter to a raiding mage. Coming here enabled me to become a significant source of dps on my hunter, and I would like to do the same on my mage. I've been trying to read the various mage threads that searching has picked up, but they are honestly a bit overwhelming. Several of them are 100+ pages long, and its difficult to wade through and find the relevant bits of information for someone just starting out as a BC raiding mage (i.e. I'm 70 and 2/3 spellfire). Can the theorycraft somehow be distilled by those knowledgeable enough?

I had been under the very basic assumption that 10/48/3 was the end word on mage raid dps specs. Once so specced, stacking spell hit was important, and the spell rotation was 5x scorch, fireball ad nauseum with fireblasts on clear cast procs (assuming mana is an issue). Suddenly I'm reading about the power of Arcane specs and arcane blast overlap cycles. I get the gist of it (stack a set number of arcane blasts, then use alternative spells until less than 1.5 secs when you recast arcane blast with haste but no debuff mana cost), but I'm curious about ideal specs/spell rotations for maximum raid dps when using arcane for pve. I'm also curious if, say, an add-on like Quartz removing most of the lag issues in casting would change these answers. I've downloaded Vontre's spreadsheet, but even that is confusing--if you're reading Vontre, what on earth are 5:1, Arcane Blast Ramp, and some of the other cycles listed? Obviously, I need to harass you on your home server with a level one alt.

Finally, where does gear/content fit into this? The mantra I see repeated on the Blizz mage forums and here to a much lesser extent is "2/5 t5 go arcane!" Is this true, or can a well played/researched arcane mage be dominant before then?

Sorry for the wall of text, I hope you stacked arena gear for this. Thanks for the information, though!

10/05/07, 3:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
Tilethryn Von Kaiser Tilethryn Night Elf Hunter <Karma> Lethon	[Mage] Help me please? This is probably exactly the kind of thread that E&J frowns upon, but hopefully enough good can come from it to justify its existence, similar to the hunter thread that I've blatantly copied. For various reasons, I'm making the switch from a raiding hunter to a raiding mage. Coming here enabled me to become a significant source of dps on my hunter, and I would like to do the same on my mage. I've been trying to read the various mage threads that searching has picked up, but they are honestly a bit overwhelming. Several of them are 100+ pages long, and its difficult to wade through and find the relevant bits of information for someone just starting out as a BC raiding mage (i.e. I'm 70 and 2/3 spellfire). Can the theorycraft somehow be distilled by those knowledgeable enough? I had been under the very basic assumption that 10/48/3 was the end word on mage raid dps specs. Once so specced, stacking spell hit was important, and the spell rotation was 5x scorch, fireball ad nauseum with fireblasts on clear cast procs (assuming mana is an issue). Suddenly I'm reading about the power of Arcane specs and arcane blast overlap cycles. I get the gist of it (stack a set number of arcane blasts, then use alternative spells until less than 1.5 secs when you recast arcane blast with haste but no debuff mana cost), but I'm curious about ideal specs/spell rotations for maximum raid dps when using arcane for pve. I'm also curious if, say, an add-on like Quartz removing most of the lag issues in casting would change these answers. I've downloaded Vontre's spreadsheet, but even that is confusing--if you're reading Vontre, what on earth are 5:1, Arcane Blast Ramp, and some of the other cycles listed? Obviously, I need to harass you on your home server with a level one alt. Finally, where does gear/content fit into this? The mantra I see repeated on the Blizz mage forums and here to a much lesser extent is "2/5 t5 go arcane!" Is this true, or can a well played/researched arcane mage be dominant before then? Sorry for the wall of text, I hope you stacked arena gear for this. Thanks for the information, though!