11-01-2009, 08:09 PM
Quote:Given the wildly differing hitcaps, I'm not terribly surprised. You really have to pick one spec or the other; going from Arcane to Fireball is not nearly as simple as hitting the "Secondary Spec" button. Even regemming is usually inadequate - you really need two entirely different sets of gear.
It does surprise me. Patch day, I swapped to Arcane and gained 500 dps on beasts, and never looked back. Perhaps I'm 'doing it wrong'.
http://www.wowmeteronline.com/rank/clazz.../8/0/3/320
Or perhaps everyone's doing it wrong. Discounting Anub and FC, 6/120 (5%) of top-20 mages aren't Arcane.
I stand corrected. Or at least, you've changed my mind about the influence of the gimmicks in NB/LJ.
Quote:Considering the broken nature of Incanter's Absorption, I'm really not sure why you would put mages on Orb catching.
After thinking about it, I've realised that it's because our hunters are more retarded. Fair enough.
Quote:That being said, have you had any extended P3 attempts? Warlocks tend to run into mana issues, and lifetapping requires additional healer attention/coordination. As such, it's generally best for warlocks to go demo simply because it gives you the best mana longevity. Given you only have one warlock, though, it may be possible for him to do whatever he wishes and have a personal healer.
Oh, our warlock will respec to Demo for P3, but it will be more for Meta/Immolate then anything else. I guess less life taps will help.
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