Originally Posted by Daedalix

You mention getting innervated not just once in your inital post (2E, 2G, subsequent posts). I initially thought of it as a joke but then you continued to mention it. Subsequent posters did not. I have been raiding for as long as anyone here and have experience as a resto druid through 4/5 3/9. Never once has it been acceptable or even a consideration to Innervate a DPS class, and I have raided with a few arcane mages. Is your experience different? Has any mage here gotten an innervate under any sort of serious circumstances? If so, then surely it was restricted to a highly situational encounter (Brutallus?)?

Sorry for the ancillary discussion, I realize there are umbrella-topics being discussed on this first page. Been a while since a new thread has been started and I think you have made a great effort thus far. An arcane compendium was surely needed and will serve as a great resource for mages/RL/GMs.

I realize it can drastically increase your personal dps, but if you don't think Innervate is a serious possibility (and I dare say this "debate" as you put it has never cropped up in the Raiding as a Tree thread), you might consider removing its repeated mentions from your initial post, being a dedicated Theory Craft thread. I've seen it discussed in other mage threads only as a "situational" possibility (I wouldn't be opposed to it, we raid with enough druids). Seems more in the realm of "speculation" rather than a reliable regen mechanic that can be accounted for on a fight-to-fight repeatable basis.