Wands Uber on Test Server

[Alarick]

I agree completely.  Hunters in PvP tend to target squishies anyway.  This makes wanders a little stronger in PvP (due to the timer fix)... but I was under the impression that a OOM caster was a dead caster anyway.

And this was a horrible test.  If you could stack a test more against the hunter, I'd love to hear how.  That mages out-damage (insert physical damage class here) against high armor mobs is not exactly groundbreaking news.  Now they just do without mana as well.

I'd like to see some more and better testing of this.  Particularly against end-game raid level  monsters.  I doubt this has an impact on caster DPS over the long haul... except for maybe holy priests?  But I would like to see some comparisons.
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Really, an OOM caster is probably dead in either case. The change to wand mechanics may even make it harder for casters trying to save mana to survive because they can't cast while un auto-shoot. The suto-shoot needs to be turned off via movement, hitting ESC, or using an item, then the cooldown goes through, then a spell can be cast.

Compared to the old method, it'll take some getting used to, and may actually slow down a caster slightly in the long run.

For raid battles, I think that this shouldn't change the DPS of most casters significantly. I expect, as people have said, that this will more bring caster DPS up to expected levels for some of the longer fights. In the shorter fights, well they really won't be using the wand all too much there.

It's important to keep note that this is bringing the DPS of wands up to the level stated on the wands. There are other posts in this thread detailing through testing how pre patch wands actually do half the listed DPS, which is a huge problem with wands to begin with.