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Post subject: Re: [Mage] - All inclusive mage thread.  Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 12:21 pm |
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Quote: 3.3.3 PTR
Frostbolt Coefficient confirmed to be simply 3/3.5=85.7%. The 95% multiplier was dropped.
Glyph of Fireball reduces base cast time, like all other talents/effects. Haste applies afterwards.
Frostbolt scaling increased by 5%. We need some thorough detail testing there.
Brain Freeze makes Frostfire Bolt instant as well now, and removes the mana cost of the instant FB/FFB. Small cooldown added to prevent proc chains of instant FFBs, requires testing.
Should get Frost closer to competitiveness. Especially if FB-FB-BFFFB triple crits with ghost charges of FoF still work.
Burning Soul threat reduction improved to 10%/20%.
Glyph of Fireball changed to 0.15s cast speed reduction.
The first helps against against frontloaded burst, the second is a tiny change to reduce the absurd crit levels.
Incanter's Absorption only procs from Mana Shield, Ice Barrier, Fire Ward and Frost Ward.
It was fun while it lasted, but nevertheless a trainwreck for game design and balance.
Many Proc Auras (Elemental Oath, Arcane Empowerment, Ferocious Inspiration) are now passive auras with a higher range. 3.3 PTR updates. tl;dr Incanter's Absorption nerfed. It's useless now, so all you nubs that didn't spec into it, GRATS! You saved 100g! Glyph of Fireball changed. lol fire. BREAKING NEWS!! Blizzard tries to make Frost good. Still sucks. More at 11. Also, our +3% damage buff is always up. Yay who gives a fuck?
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Post subject: Re: [Mage] - All inclusive mage thread. Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 4:05 pm |
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Found a good post about Trinket priority. I feel like a nub for not having Talisman of Resurgency. Quote: DFO 277
DFO 264
Reign 258
Reign 245 ~ Spyglass 264 (slight nod to Reign)
Spyglass 251
Flare of the Heavens
Scale of Fates
Talisman of Resurgence ~ Abyssal Rune (slight nod to ToR)
Pandora's Plea
Embrace of the Spider
Illustration of the Dragon Soul
Eye of the Broodmother
Sundial of the Exiled
Maghia's Misguided Quill (if no hit is needed, don't waste badges on this)
Dying Curse (if no hit is needed)
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Post subject: Re: [Mage] - All inclusive mage thread. Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:54 pm |
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Deposition wrote: I feel like a nub for not having Talisman of Resurgency. Yea, I read that a while ago but idk, it int to sp conversion was only like 29sp or something. Embrace of the Spider>Illustration of the Dragon Soul>Eye of the Broodmother seems wrong to me and I'm not sure why Fetish of Volatile Power isn't on there at all. I would assume Fetish of Volatile Power > Maghia's Misguided Quill / Dying Curse
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Post subject: Re: [Mage] - All inclusive mage thread. Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 9:51 am |
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Quote: Your Frostbolt, Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Pyroblast, Arcane Missiles, Arcane Blast, and Arcane Barrage abilities deal 12% more damage to snared or slowed targets. mmm
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Post subject: Re: [Mage] - All inclusive mage thread. Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 4:34 pm |
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Where's the Sindragosa trinket on that list?
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Post subject: Re: [Mage] - All inclusive mage thread. Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 5:06 pm |
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That list depo posted only applies to Arcane Mages. An arc mage would never want the trinket of sindragosa. Hence the reason Talisman of Resurgence is on there. If your class has nothing like http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=31588 paired with http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=12503 as a dps, you'd never want it.
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Post subject: Re: [Mage] - All inclusive mage thread. Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 5:30 pm |
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It is more than just that Incin. The on use is very powerful, especially when you pop it alongside everything else. On top of that, Evocate is based on % mana, so the more int you have the more mana return you get out of it. This also means that if you get REAL unlucky with your missile barrage proc you can continue arcane blast spam at 4 stack until it procs, without worrying too much about mana since 1) you have a larger mana pool and 2) you get larger returns from evocate.
So in short, it adds a powerful "on use" cooldown, plus provides room to work with proc RNG and keep your dps high.
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Post subject: Re: [Mage] - All inclusive mage thread. Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 6:19 pm |
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The entire point of that post was to point out that the list is arcane mage specific, which to seem to have completely missed.
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