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Alvira · 05/15/08, 10:51 PM

On the subject of arcane mages getting innervates.

Its still not very common for arcane mages to get innervates. But the changes in patch 2.4 was beneficial to all mana users, including druids. And now, from what we understand, there are very few mana users, including druids themselves that are likely to run dry on mana and actually need the innervate. So, the rationale is that since there isn't anyone that absolutely needs it, including the duird himself, innervate becomes a luxury option.

Amongs all classes and specs, arcane mages are probably the most mana hungry, and the ones most capable of making good use of the excess mana. If you innervate a restro druid, who didn't need it, and could have functioned fine without the innervate, its largely wasted. He wouldn't have run out of mana even without the innervate. But innervate the arcane mage, and you are going to get that much more damage out of him.

Hence, the proposition behind giving innervates to arcane mages.

Of course, in practise, this seems to be a luxury and most arcane mages don't get it. Because even though its the arcane mage who is in the best position to utilise and convert all that mana to damage. In the end, most raid boss fights are not designed to be such DPS races that every last drop of DPS needs to squeezed out of every single DPSer. So, short of the druid innervating his mage buddy as a personal request, its not really something people take for granted.

Its only for fights like Brutullas, where every drop of DPS does need to be squeezed out. Then it matters, and arcane mages are likely to get innervates. Especially if you wiped at 2%, and you are just looking for anyway at all to increase raid DPS. That's when the arcane mage pipes up and says "innevate me and I can do that much more damage, and the raid leader orders it to be done".

I still mention it because it represents one extreme end of the extremely well supported arcane mage. I am not one of these fortunate mages (we have a lack of restro raiding druids). But there are other guilds which may have lots of druids. And these instances of arcane mages getting innervates do exist. You do see wws of arcane mages that received innervates. And because theorycraft covers maximising DPS. So, this is one way in which arcane DPS is maximised though it may be an extreme case.

05/15/08, 10:51 PM	#32 (permalink)
Alvira Don Flamenco Alvira Human Mage <Merveilles> Dragonblight	On the subject of arcane mages getting innervates. Its still not very common for arcane mages to get innervates. But the changes in patch 2.4 was beneficial to all mana users, including druids. And now, from what we understand, there are very few mana users, including druids themselves that are likely to run dry on mana and actually need the innervate. So, the rationale is that since there isn't anyone that absolutely needs it, including the duird himself, innervate becomes a luxury option. Amongs all classes and specs, arcane mages are probably the most mana hungry, and the ones most capable of making good use of the excess mana. If you innervate a restro druid, who didn't need it, and could have functioned fine without the innervate, its largely wasted. He wouldn't have run out of mana even without the innervate. But innervate the arcane mage, and you are going to get that much more damage out of him. Hence, the proposition behind giving innervates to arcane mages. Of course, in practise, this seems to be a luxury and most arcane mages don't get it. Because even though its the arcane mage who is in the best position to utilise and convert all that mana to damage. In the end, most raid boss fights are not designed to be such DPS races that every last drop of DPS needs to squeezed out of every single DPSer. So, short of the druid innervating his mage buddy as a personal request, its not really something people take for granted. Its only for fights like Brutullas, where every drop of DPS does need to be squeezed out. Then it matters, and arcane mages are likely to get innervates. Especially if you wiped at 2%, and you are just looking for anyway at all to increase raid DPS. That's when the arcane mage pipes up and says "innevate me and I can do that much more damage, and the raid leader orders it to be done". I still mention it because it represents one extreme end of the extremely well supported arcane mage. I am not one of these fortunate mages (we have a lack of restro raiding druids). But there are other guilds which may have lots of druids. And these instances of arcane mages getting innervates do exist. You do see wws of arcane mages that received innervates. And because theorycraft covers maximising DPS. So, this is one way in which arcane DPS is maximised though it may be an extreme case. Last edited by Alvira : 05/16/08 at 12:12 AM.