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Old 04/06/07, 8:15 PM   #26
Tempestra
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Both 33/28/0 and 1x/4y/3 are extremely powerful DPS specs. Both rely on scorchx1/fireballx7-8 rotations. 33/28/0 scales extremely well with crit rating (ignite + spell power = 245% crits), and 1x/4y/3 scales well with +dmg (105% +dmg on fireball). 33/28 gives you the option for semi-legit arcane blast cycles, while 1x/4y/3 is all about the scorch-fireball rotation. 1x/4y/3 also provides 3% spell hit if your spell hit gear is lacking. I find that if you're hit capped, 33/28 is just as good, if not better.

Deep arcane is acceptable if your gear is trashy, but it gets outdated extremely quickly.
 
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Old 04/07/07, 2:13 PM   #27
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Originally Posted by Tempestra View Post
Deep arcane is acceptable if your gear is trashy, but it gets outdated extremely quickly.
At the moment my gear is pretty trashy (unbuffed- under 500+dmg, about 16% crit). I want to get out of my low damage frost leveling spec and into a spec that I can grow into over the next month or so while my gear improves- something that won't make my guild recoil in horror at my inability to dps effectively.

Is the arcane superiority so significant for bad gear that I should just spec into it now and go fire in a few weeks? Or is it mostly a matter of a few dps anyways? In other words- can I "grow into" a deep fire spec or is it better to just bite the bullet and go Arcane temporarily. I expect to have competitive gear in a few weeks at most and I really loathe respeccing =(

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Originally Posted by Copernicus View Post
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Leveling - Frost is amazing.

1x/4y/3 doesn't pull away from a 41/20 (or 40/21) until around +800 damage. Until then, they're close enought that playstyle is far more important.

Also, Shadow Priests are your bestest friends.
Last few pages of the huge thread is answering my questions. This is what you get for posting before waking up. Sorry for the clutter.

Last edited by Bekah : 04/07/07 at 2:28 PM.

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How fortuitous. Usually we have to leave this thread to feed.
 
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