Imp. Fireball and Imp. Frostbolt damage coefficient changes

[ima_nerd]

A Mage's utility compared to a Shadow Priest's utility is far less so a Mage's damage should make up for it.

It does.

Surely a shadowpriest wearing -the best items- (and to get near 815 +dmg he must be pretty close to that, without consumables, unless he's wearing a lot of statless greens) [b]SHOULD come close to your dps, unless I missed the memo that said mages must be the highest single-target and multiple-target dps dealers full stop

No, he shouldn't. He should contribute a worthwhile amount of damage to the raid but he shouldn't be able to compete with a Mage. This is the same reason why DPS Warriors beating out/competing with Rogues was stupid. All a Rogue does is damage. Plan and simple. Therefore, they have the potential to do the most damage. A Mage provides some utility, so they can't beat out a Rogue (on paper) for damage. Priests, Shadow or not, bring quite a bit of utility so they shouldn't beat out Mages. I don't like pigeon-holing classes... but a healer-oriented class shouldn't be able to compete with a Mage for damage then turn around 10 seconds later and provide heavy healing support.