Well, on the general topic of (avoiding) cookie cutter builds, I'm planning my mage with 31 or more in Arcane.
The final Arcane talent - 35% more damage for all spells, while costing 35% more mana, for 15 seconds, seems useful and fun. In fact, very little in the Arcane tree seems useless.- except, maybe, Arcane Meditation, since mages aren't usually spirit-oriented (or so I hear.) They throw massive damage, run dry, and then drink, is the plan I see so far.
Anyhow, this is my first mage, so we'll see how it goes.
theWesson
The final Arcane talent - 35% more damage for all spells, while costing 35% more mana, for 15 seconds, seems useful and fun. In fact, very little in the Arcane tree seems useless.- except, maybe, Arcane Meditation, since mages aren't usually spirit-oriented (or so I hear.) They throw massive damage, run dry, and then drink, is the plan I see so far.
Anyhow, this is my first mage, so we'll see how it goes.
theWesson