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Post by
TK0680
I am still a young 85 fire mage, and have been trying to get the whole Scorch/Fireball thing down. I've ended up with a macro:
/castsequence reset=combat Scorch, Fireball, Fireball, Fireball, Scorch
I lead with Scorch in order to get CM up, and then the second Scorch is purely for mana conservation purposes. It's working well enough, but I haven't really done anything that could be expected to test my rotation fully. How do the rest of you manage your FB/Scorching?
Also, totally separately, is it ever worth using Fire Blast with only one target in play (assume there's no need/potential for a stun)?
Edit: Just to clarify - the macro is not my full rotation, it's purely to make the Fireball/Scorch weaving simpler.
Post by
Trick83
My method: may not be perfect, but I don't go OOM very often
(Record "how long can I go": 22 min at target dummy- Avg. 9.2k dps single target)
I scorch at:
The beginning of the fight
When moving
When LB is about to expire
To keep debuff up since Hot Streak is afk most of the time
If my gem/evo has more than 15 sec on cd and I'm sub-70/50/25% mana
I use fireball the rest of the time
Fireblast: If there is no target to spread my dots to and no stun/interupt is needed - I just scorch.
Post by
Nathanyal
I scorch pretty much at the same times Trick does. I usually scorch weave a lot, and sometimes I just cast scorch when on trash pulls. I do about 3 scorches for 2 fireballs, throw in LB, Pyroblast!, and Impact Fireblast when either off CD or not on the target. If it is a boss I don't worry about FBlast, and once they get below 35% of their health its just Fireball, LB and Pyroblast! with a scorch to get the debuff back on the boss.
As for the Fireblast on single targets, it depends on the single target. If they are casting a spell then I use the Fireblast to interrupt and stun them for a second. There are a few bosses that the interrupt will work on, but the stun doesn't work on any of them.
Post by
TK0680
Makes sense, but what's the logic behind
When LB is about to expire
Do you mean a LB that will expire before a FB cast would finish, but Scorch would fit?
God, I'm going to need another button for Scorch, aren't I? Grr.
Post by
nickseng
Seriously? You need a macro for Scorch Weaving? And you can't find a button in your action bar for scorch?
What have you been casting while moving?
Post by
Trick83
Makes sense, but what's the logic behind
When LB is about to expire
Do you mean a LB that will expire before a FB cast would finish, but Scorch would fit?
God, I'm going to need another button for Scorch, aren't I? Grr.
Exactly, if LB only has a tick or two left, I scorch instead of fireball.
Post by
TK0680
Seriously? You need a macro for Scorch Weaving? And you can't find a button in your action bar for scorch?
Thank you for the patronising tone, I was beginning to worry that this wasn't the internet.
What have you been casting while moving?
I have Scorch bound to my backslash key, which is a little awkward to reach, but not too much to bear for the odd usage while running (and LB doesn't need refreshing, Hot Streak is down and Impact is unavailable/inappropriate).
Spells I have bound to easy-to-reach keys would include the FB/Scorch macro, Pyroblast, Fire Blast, Living Bomb, Polymorph, Blast Wave, Flamestrike, Spellsteal, Frost Nova, Combustion, Mana Shield, Mirror Image, Flame Orb, Mana Gem, Invisibility, Ice Block, Blink.
Post by
vincistis
Not really on topic but still on keybind topic, I have the keys: 12345678qwertyasdfgh keybinded. and then I have the same thing with shift, Yeah, Lots of keybinds and macros.
Post by
nickseng
Seriously? You need a macro for Scorch Weaving? And you can't find a button in your action bar for scorch?
Thank you for the patronising tone, I was beginning to worry that this wasn't the internet.
You're welcome.
But on a serious tone, do you seriously need a macro for that? There isn't really a set number of scorches to weave into your Fireball spam. If you're doing ok with mana, you can get away without weaving Scorches at all, at times, you might need to weave in more. These kinda of things are impossible to macro, and frankly, doesn't macro-ing cast rotations make gameplay a tad boring? And some people are complaining about Arcane. Sheesh.
My general rule about keybindings is to keybind things you use constantly over things you use every minute or more. That means scorch over MI or Mana gem. :)
Post by
storyr
Really the only scorch weaving that needs to be done with the reduction in FB cost is that of keeping Critical Mass up...
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