04-01-2008, 05:05 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-02-2008, 01:32 AM by TriggerHappy.)
Progress report.:)
After getting that Priest to 40, and realizing Shadowform wasn't the best thing since sliced breat I imagined in my mind, and getting tired with the play style in general, I decided to give another shot to the antithesis of the Priest ... the Mage.
I leveled her up as Arcane till about 20, then switched to Frost until 42, and I was absolutely incredulous at what even the supposedly least damaging of the trees could do. The survivability, ironically, was better than on my Hunter, Priest or Druid. I had occasions where I took on 4-5 mobs just below my level and nonetheless won with HP and mana to spare. Stacking spell damage is incredibly powerful, as I found out. At one point, I had +174 frost spell damage at level 42. And the number of crits one gets with the Frost tree borders on ridiculous.
But eventually I got bored of spamming Frostbolt, and decided to try Fire.
Oh dear god I had no idea. Even without Combustion, most things die before they ever reach me. I have slightly less +spell damage to fire (+160), but it hardly matters, since Pyroblast and Fireball get higher coefficients than Frostbolt. I have never killed mobs faster or leveled faster with any other character.
The survivability and control over mobs isn't even half as good, but I found that most of the time it hardly matters. I can still use Blastwave, Frost Nova, Sheep and Blink to escape from bad situations. I do miss Ice Barrier, though. Mana Shield is such an inferior alternative.
Tashunke is now level 48 (almost 49) and sticking with Fire. I may switch back to Frost to try out that Elemental pet, but first I want to see Dragon's Breath.
After getting that Priest to 40, and realizing Shadowform wasn't the best thing since sliced breat I imagined in my mind, and getting tired with the play style in general, I decided to give another shot to the antithesis of the Priest ... the Mage.
I leveled her up as Arcane till about 20, then switched to Frost until 42, and I was absolutely incredulous at what even the supposedly least damaging of the trees could do. The survivability, ironically, was better than on my Hunter, Priest or Druid. I had occasions where I took on 4-5 mobs just below my level and nonetheless won with HP and mana to spare. Stacking spell damage is incredibly powerful, as I found out. At one point, I had +174 frost spell damage at level 42. And the number of crits one gets with the Frost tree borders on ridiculous.
But eventually I got bored of spamming Frostbolt, and decided to try Fire.
Oh dear god I had no idea. Even without Combustion, most things die before they ever reach me. I have slightly less +spell damage to fire (+160), but it hardly matters, since Pyroblast and Fireball get higher coefficients than Frostbolt. I have never killed mobs faster or leveled faster with any other character.
The survivability and control over mobs isn't even half as good, but I found that most of the time it hardly matters. I can still use Blastwave, Frost Nova, Sheep and Blink to escape from bad situations. I do miss Ice Barrier, though. Mana Shield is such an inferior alternative.
Tashunke is now level 48 (almost 49) and sticking with Fire. I may switch back to Frost to try out that Elemental pet, but first I want to see Dragon's Breath.