03-22-2006, 08:35 PM
mm262,Mar 22 2006, 04:29 PM Wrote:i do not play a mage, but from what i hear talking to our mages fr isn't vital for a mage in this fight. 60 should be enough. Take a fire protection potion before the encounter and all should be well. Most of our mages are either arcane might/frost or arcane/iceblock skilled. It seems to be a matter of feeling whether you think you need iceblock or want to go maxdmg.
I suggest to go heavily with +dmg in MC. Stats aren't that great, maybe a little stamina can help but it isn't really neccesary. You can get a lot of items with pure +dmg from the AH and some other dmg gear out of Scholo/Strat/BRS... I think +350dmg isn't that hard to get but it helps a lot.
Whether Crit or +dmg is better, you should do the math. What does an Frostbolt actually do in numbers? 750, 800? 2% crit is less than 2% more dmg if i am right... 2% of 800 are 16dmg... so if your frostbolts do 800 dmg +16 dmg should be better than 2% crit. Crits although do more aggro so i would prefer to minimize crit if you don't do pvp.
Hope, this helps... :rolleyes:
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The info helps alot. Based on the numbers I should think about respeccing back into arcane power, because I'm not a defensive spec and definately using the briarwood reed over the 2% crit. This will be better for controlling my trash agro as well as improving my overall damage slightly.
Thanks,
-MB
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