Post by twsX
Of course, the above posters are right. I'll try to be a little bit more elaborate, though.
Gear:Obviously, there's still a lot you can improve.
You can get half a dozen more items from Naxx25.
In the meantime, i would recommend not dismissing heroics and PvP items. For instance, there are Head items sold for Wintergrasp Marks which are way better than yours.
Spec:You're FFB specced. While i LOVED the spec back then, i have to tell you that is fails in raids.
At the time i changed from FFB to FB, i think i had somewhere around 1600-1700 SP at the time, my DPS jumped by somewhere about 500-600. That's huge.
Here's one possibility for a spec:
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#of0Vcu0cZ0Ec0RhIhVubhct:VLiRotation:I'm not going into your FFB rotation, as you should be changing anyway.
FB is just as simple as FFB. Start off with LB, recast LB whenever it's out, throw your instant Pyros whenever they're ready, and keep casting FBs in between.
I find myself seldomly having to cast Scorch - there usually is a Warlock who does that for me, or some deprecated scorcher Mage. ;)
Skills:I won't comment here. Mahbauls acts like a real EJ here making assumptions about your skills. :P With your gear and the (weaker) FFB spec, 3k DPS seem OK to me.
Hit rating:As danroe pointed out, you need more hit rating. To be capped, you need a total of 17%.
An FFB mage needs only 14% because of elemental precision. An FB mage needs the full 17%.
There are things which take care of some of that for you, like an accordingly specced Priest or Druid giving you 3% hit, or a draenei in your group giving you 1%. I wouldn't count on that though.
HTH
Post by Darkwraith01
I like twsX's suggestions a lot. I would change just a few things though:
- To go FB/TTW spec, you need much better gear. You need much higher haste (350's at least), since Fireball takes longer to cast then FFB.
- Regarding hit rating, stay with 368. If you are serious about raiding, you will always have a Boomkin or SPriest in your party, but to be safe with FFB, go for 368.
- About spec, FFB is one of the top Ulduar 25 specs. It just depends on the boss. Usually, FB/TTW spec wins, but there are a couple of Ulduar 25 fights where FFB has the upper hand. If you had around 500 haste, I'll tell you to try Arcane...
- You are using Molten Armor right?
- Your glyphs are nice. If you switch to FFB, replace Glyph of the Fireball with FFB one