Infraction for Sorbe: Whining

Kaubel · 11/14/07, 9:18 PM

Post: [Mage] TC after 2.3
User: Sorbe
Infraction: Whining
Points: 1

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

In summary, I would say keep that shit off our forums.

Original Post:

Originally Posted by Vand1

I just wish they would decide what role it is they want us to play (and make it a valuable one), and then empower us to perform that role better than any other class.

I think it's both very sad and very clear what the mage role is in TBC now. It's to be a lower dps, lower aoe, lower raid synergy, low health, glass cannon. We were supposed to own ranged DPS as our original charter, but even that's not been true for a very long time(Hunters and Locks usually do better). Our one trick pony was to do massive damage, but other players dont like that in PVP or PVE and complain loudly on the forums if we actually do it.

Speaking as a mage player since Alpha, it's my opinion that all the PVP crit fun mages had with HUGE trinketed AP POM Pyros in the battlegrounds utterly poisoned the Blizzard "balance" gods against letting us be "ranged rogues" in PVP or PVE. Blizzard's new push seems to be to normalize DPS across classes, ignoring whatever utility, healing, armor the other classes have. If other classes have more defenses than mages, but similar or better DPS, how will we be competitve?

In summary, I would say that "Blizz hates mages" at this point.

P.S.> I've offered up long lists of ways to improve the mage class, but I'm convinced that Blizzard simply doesnt WANT to improve us or even grant us our due.