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Post by
storyr
Just looking to get update from mages on cata progress.
I hit 85 pretty quick, got the exalted rep I needed for epics, except Dragonmaw which I am working on now. Been frantically running heroics to get good gear and am completely happy being the top mage (BY A LOT) according to wowheroes on my server. Running heroics is great with your guild, but the LFD groups I've gotten into are riddled with terrible tanks and wrath heroes who think they're good at the game...sigh
I was doing heroics as frost since I was having so much mana trouble as fire, but have since specced back and remastered everything to crit (basically). I am .05% from hit cap so I figure that's good enough for raiding now. My guild starts our first raids tonight.
How's everyone else's progress?
Check my sig for my mage.
Cheers.
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Post by
greywolfsage
I'm only halfway through 83 at the moment...
But that's really just because my laptop, which I'm on right now, won't even let me install Flash plugins, much less anything else to run WoW, and since I was chuggin' with 3-8 frames back in Naxx-Wrath, I'm a little afraid of Cata.
So, I've been using my girlfriend's computer. And since she has 4 80's... she pulls the ownership card on me. A LOT. lol
By now I've managed to see all the normals, and have been lucky enough to meet a couple really good people, a dk tank of all things, and a paladin healer that saved our asses on a couple of double pulls with the lovely Stonecore Bruisers...
I can't wait to get into the 85 stuff, and get Time Warp.... heh.
And I must say I am quite pleased by the fact that Polymorph is something to keep handy for once, like the double Adept pulls in Vortex Pinnacle.
Mana seems to be really weird at my level without using Aspect of the Mage.
Blizzard seems to basically be useless. The FoF-procs are nice, but its damage seems lackluster especially when compared to the like 6500 mana or something that it costs, even at my level. I get more damage and usefulness out of combining Ring of Frost and Frostfire Orb for dungeoning purposes that Blizzard used to be for.
But in all, I'm REALLY enjoying the expansion.
Oh, fun story, some DK i met LFD'ing says he hates the expansion because he's a "farmer" with 4 characters running at the same time, and its too hard now. Supposedly the "Chaos Orbs" sell the best right now, instead of more traditional farmed materials like Embersilk, Volatiles, and enchanting/mining/skinning mats...
And I'm pretty sure Chaos Orbs are BoP, so I'm not sure what exactly he was planning... lol
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Post by
nickseng
Haha, You guys are way too fast for me. I'm still 83, but I only get about 2 hours per day to play.
Dungeon wise, I've only unlocked BRC and Throne of Tides, but man, was ToT fun, if wipe-tacularly so. I've had to train pugs not to break my sheeps, and spellsteal's getting tons of use in that dungeon.
I don't see myself hitting 85 soon, but I'm fine with that. My guilds not really starting raiding yet, so I figure I have some time.
Post by
twsX
Is it just me or does it seem that Blizzard really screwed *fire* mages with all the mastery rating on gear?
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twsX
p.s. twsX, frost mages are equally 'screwed' with mastery rating, and even haste. we want out crit and hit first, please.
How so?
Assuming everything except PvE (which, let's face it, will never ever again be a frost mage's domain) mucho more pew pew against frozen targets seems to be not so bad?
However, for fire mages, a percentage boost on what only makes some ~25% of our total damage output, I think is rather poor.
Post by
storyr
mastery is actually great for frost, better than crit once soft capped that's for sure. Plus with reforging...no stat is out of reach.
Go read the EJ frost thread. I decided to spec frost for the time being until we can find someone else who has replenish, we downed Throne of the Four Winds last night and that raid is fun as hell.
Post by
nickseng
Is it just me or does it seem that Blizzard really screwed *fire* mages with all the mastery rating on gear?
It's just you. :P
Post by
storyr
Yaay our old shadow priest can make our new raid times :D
I respecced and reforged for fire.
I also finally got the damn BWD trinket, I am a very happy raider.
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Post by
greywolfsage
As frost or fire? Makes a difference.
You can talent FFB to debuff to the same speed as your FrB, making it nice for the BF procs.
As fire, likely not because of the glyph and gear boosting it. But if not glyphed, it still benefits from fire talents and tags at least some slowing on the mob... depends on how you roll i guess.
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twsX
As outlined on EJ, Fireball and FFB are, assuming both Glyphed, close to equal. With full T11 and coequal non-set epics, Fireball gains a <1% advantage. Seems negligible enough to chose FFB if you like the pretty bolt animation, like i do.
E:
And i still think ...
Is it just me or does it seem that Blizzard really screwed *fire* mages with all the mastery rating on gear?
It's just you. :P
.. is a lie!
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storyr
Again, with reforging...no stat is out of reach.
Post by
nickseng
Just dinged 84, and my haste and crit both dropped to single digit. Oy, dungeon is gonna be fun. :(
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Post by
storyr
nice guys, keep it up.
Went 2/4 bastion of twilight tonight, I ranked 8th in the world for frost mages
http://www.worldoflogs.com/rankings/players/Bastion_of_Twilight/Valiona_&_Theralion/10N/Frost_Mage/
BOOYA.
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