10-04-2005, 12:01 AM
TheWesson,Oct 3 2005, 04:21 PM Wrote:I have heard high level mages say that after a certain point +int doesn't help any, because they basically have "enough mana" for the fights they get.Actually, this is another problem with caster itemization. See, if you're going into a 15 minute boss fight, you don't have enough mana. If you're talking about a PvP match that is over in 45s where you die with 5k mana... you have far too much.
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If my rogue gets a lot of DPS gear with a good amount of stamina on it, life is great. One set and it works across the board. Warrior, hunter, same story.
A caster in instance gear is not a caster who is in PvP gear. Priests are probably the best example of this. The +shadow gear of a PvP priest is swapped out for the +healing gear of the raiding priest. Sure, the non-casters can optimize their gear one way or the other, but we're not talking about trying to collect two completely different sets here.
Now, yes, there are exceptions. The MT in MC has an MC suit. But the Might set kicks butt in PvP.
Take a look at Arcanist. That set is good for a) ice mages who B) are interested in raiding heavily. It's an MC farming suit. If you get the entire set from start to finish, and do all the work required to do so... you are insignificantly improved in PvP since the whole set together adds +46 to damage. Joy. 4 months of work and you're completely unimproved for 1/2 the end game.