Yes you missed something. Up to 26 Itemlevels
Flare of the Heavens is 120 crit and 850 spellpower for 10 seconds with 45s internal cooldown that's about 189 spellpower all the time (in simple math)
Scale of Fate has 125 spellpower and 432 haste for 20 seconds every 2 minutes and that's 72 haste overall.
Eye of the Broodmother has 87 crit and a stack effect like Illustration for 125 spellpower.
So except Flare of the Heavens, they are not VASTLY superior, but still upgrades.

I am an arcane mage and I have no idea what gems I should be looking at getting? I have alot of +crit and +hit gems on me and I have the feeling that I am in the wrong and that I could be better gemmed?

The World of Warcraft Armory

That is a link to my armory, any advice would be great

and note I have the volorous frostfire robe, should I swap out heigans vestiments? and if so what should I gem the frostfire robe with?

Read the first post of

The Arcane thread

It should have all the answers you need.

Actually, you presume that only Hard Mode encounters "count" towards theorycrafting. If someone hasn't downed Hard Mode Mirimon, their opinion doesn't count, then?

By this same broken logic, any healer in Ensidia could easily dismiss any claims you make as irrelevant and inexperienced.

Elitist Jerks appeals to a very broad group of players. The information appeals to me regardless of what you read about my armory. I stick with Nourish because I do a lot of 10-man Ulduar with less experienced players and often am stuck healing the MT because many healers in my guild are, quite frankly, terrible.

I do not think you are in any position to discuss what the "vast majority" of people in this forum believe. And the fact that I'm not working on hard modes hardly makes me less qualified to read the data and make an informed decision. In much the same way that a scientist does not need to inject himself with HIV in order to treat the disease or make an informed decision regarding how the disease progresses.

Perhaps you should re-read the ToS before you go spouting off about what the forums are interested in.

That being said, I agreed with a poster above who noticed that it really depends on what you're working on. A good number of healers, even here, aren't working on 25-man hard modes yet, and for us, GoNourish still has a place. When my guild starts doing 25-mans more consistently, I'll be switching to Rejuvenation.

Please dont write off DW DKs | DPS | WoW Blue Tracker | World of Raids

I did, and I may be a newb but I didnt see anything on gems : /

As a rule

Only two blue gems to meet meta requirements I prefer [Glowing Twilight Opal] but feel free to go for the 8 spirit variant for raw dps

Red - obviously [Runed Scarlet Ruby]. None other.

Yellow - Two things factor here. Generally you want to go for [Reckless Monarch Topaz], but if you are under the hit cap, go for [Rigid Autumn's Glow].

i should go to bed.. yes, that could be ... thx alot

ok so what is hit cap for an arcane mage? as well as should I swap out heigans vestiment for the val frostfire?

It says at the very beginning of the thread I linked you what the hit cap is. Also do you need the hit from heigans? If so why would you swap it out?

Long time reader, first time poster to EJ.

I have recently been putting in a lot of effort using both the DPS spreadsheet here and Rawr to determine I may be lacking and how to maximize my current gearset and what upgrades I should be getting.

Here are my questions:

1. I am currently at 25 expertise in both my MH and OH. I have seen Fury warriors running around who have anywhere from 18-21 expertise. Is the recommendation still to reach the expertise cap of 26, or is it OK to dip that low?

2. I currently have a Stormedge in my MH and BoH in my OH. The DPS spreadsheet shows both this config and a BoH MH/Stormedge OH as equal. Rawr shows that I get a greater OH benefit with a BoH than a Stormedge. Thoughts?

3. Individually, certain tier 8.5 pieces don't seem like upgrades from my 7.5 pieces (e.g., T7.5 shoulders -> T8.5 shoulders) or Obsidian Greathelm to 8.5 helm (big expertise loss, though I do get a big ArP gain). I assume in the end, everything would even out. So, my question, is the 4-piece 8/8.5 bonus worth getting as quickly as possible, even if certain stats wouldn't be at their ideal level while getting to that point?

4. With my current gear, the DPS spreadsheet says I should, in theory, be doing nearly 6000 DPS or possibly more. However, I am not finding myself at that level. I am properly buffed in 25-mans. I am doing my rotation properly (or at least think I am):

BT -> WW -> BS proc when it happens -> HS to let go some rage. If WW is on CD but BT isn't, I usually prioritize BS if it happens and then BT -> WW. Same goes if BT is on CD but WW isn't and I get a BS, I will prioritize BS.

Are there any suggestions on a better rotation or perhaps gear I should be aiming for? Gearwise, I do have a Grim Toll and Flights in my bag, though I feel I am better off with a Greatness/Wrathstone.

5. I created a macro that pops DW and Wrathstone at the same time, so I get that stack once every 2 mins. Should I not be popping both at the same time?

6. I also pop Recklessness once I get into Execute range. I also am keeping up my rotation while in Execute range and doing Execute only when I'm at full (or nearly full) rage. Should I be execute spamming or keeping my rotation?

Thanks.

Freezing Fog.

thanks zagor

Thank you very much everyone for your opinions. =)

@Bloch: Bloodlust and Heroism are one in the same. Horde and Alliance versions.

What seems to be the scaling with Blood in 10man and 25 ? We just did Noth and I was pulling somewhere around 3.7k

It doesnt seem super high to me but we were missing several key buffs. Should I look for Unholy spec for 10man?

Never fails to impress that Enthorn.

Thanks for the link, I didn't find it in my looking so far, but I've only been absorbing these forums for about 4 days, and haven't even read all of the big 4 threads (Simple Q&A, Optimal sets, FFB and Mage UI).

Anyone else see that Blizz has said that imp hunter's mark being overwritten by regular hunter's mark is working as intended? We roll with 3-4 hunters and I'm the only marks, and it seems I can't get the rest of them to stop overwriting it most weeks. I'll just have to keep badgering them instead of hoping for a fix. /sigh...

been wondering about this aswell..

/castrandom Execute, Whirlwind, bloodthirst

thats all u need :-P, I just spam this macro every 10 ms via AutoHotKey macro.

I've been reading some of the former postet threads and some mention haste cap? Is it so the u can get haste cap or im I misunderstanding something?

Hoping for ur help to solve this out for me ;-)

For Vezax, can you use AMS if you end up in a saronite pool for any reason? Not sure of how the damage works?