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Kokorazashi
Because the new build, 13066 doesn't have many changes, I'll archive the 13033 changes here for quick reference when I replace them seeing as more happened in the older patch:
13033 Patch and what it brings:
Arcane
Ritual of Refreshment now costs 27% of base mana, down from 80% of base mana.
Arcane Explosion now costs 18% of base mana, down from 22% of base mana.
Arcane Blast base damage increased by 17%, now costs 8% of base mana, up from 7% of base mana.
Arcane Barrage base damage increased by 17%.
Arcane Missiles base damage increased by 17%.
Fire
Frostfire Bolt base damage increased by 20%.
Living Bomb base damage increased by 12%.
Pyroblast base damage increased by 12%.
Fireball base damage increased by 12%.
Frost
Curtain of Frost is now named Ring of Frost and has been revamped - Summons a Ring of Frost, taking 3 sec to coalesce. Enemies entering the fully-formed ring will become frozen for 10 sec. Lasts 12 sec. 10 yd radius. 7% of base mana, 30 yd range, Channeled, 3 min cooldown
Ice Lance base damage increased by 20%.
Frostbolt base damage increased by 20%.
Deep Freeze base damage increased by 20%.
Early Frost now reduces the cast time of Frostbolt by 0.35/0.7 secs, up from 0.25/0.5 secs.
Also, Combustion has changed a small bit. It's hard to tell from the wording of it, but it looks like a buff, but I could be wrong.
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nickseng
Much ado about nothing, really, but was I the only who laughed out loud when I saw this change in the latest build?
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Pyroblast
's old boring name has been replaced with the infinitely more awesome
Pyroblast!
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Tutsumi
Okay, question, once Cataclysm hits, what should we be reforging as?
What are the stats that we should be pushing for to at least get under our belts for the best chance (this includes mastery)? What is the best rotation per spec so far and what amount of damage does the spec do?
Currently my mage is like this:
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Gnomeregan&n=Tutsumi
However, I'm honestly afraid once 4.0.1 hits since there's no one talking about what we should be working towards with gear and what should be subtracted, etc. People are hitting about 10k on PTR and yet some of us are hitting only around 6-7k, with the same gear we used to hit 16k on.
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Kokorazashi
I hate patches were the only change is an exclamation mark. I have to bloody go back and change all of the numbers for one measly little change. Oh well, atleast we've now got Pyroblast!
Also: Alchemists are getting a passenger flying drake that they transform into? Really?
EDIT: It was funny me going on about patches which change little things, and in the most recent patch, absolutely nothing has happened. I guess we could say that Mages are pretty much finished as a class, ready for Cataclysm?
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Kokorazashi
New patch tomorrow. Been fun speculating guys. It's also been quite a while since these trees were introduced. I hope you guys can make some fun and interesting specs in the future.
:D
Post by
Bawkxy
Isn't anyone sad about the blast wave knockback being removed?
Blastfu*k was what i've been doing in BGs... it was fun while it lasted... :(
Post by
Kokorazashi
Doesn't it do a stun or something now? I guess it's not as good in a BG for trolling, but atleast it's ranged now. Same with Flamestrike, that is gonna be ownage.
Post by
Garenzo
Not a stun, but it slows for 70%... Arcane got some kind of knockback though if I recall correctly.
Considering all the PvP buffs fire got, I don't mind losing the knockback to be honest... Seems like a very mobile and fun spec now.
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Kokorazashi
Trimmed a lot of redundant fat off of the main post, it's now much more clear and concise. MMO-Champion has also compiled a list of all of the changes to Mages in 4.0.1, and also, I will probably stop updating this thread after 4.0.1.
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nickseng
New build is up over in the beta
Arcane
Arcane Blast now increases damage by 10% (down from 20%) and mana cost by 150% (down from 175%) with each cast of Arcane Blast. Now also reduces the casting time by 0.1 sec with each cast. Base cast time reduced from 2.5 sec to 2.35 sec.
Arcane Missiles base damage has been increased by 5%, from 341 to 358.
Focus Magic tooltip clarified to add the 30 min duration and 1 target limit.
Arcane Barrage base damage has been increased by 5%, from to .
Fire
Combustion now combines all your damaging periodic Fire effects on the enemy target, but does not consume them.
Fire Power damage has been added to the tooltip - .
Frost
Shattered Barrier now freezes enemies within 10 yards for 2/4 sec, down from 3/6 sec.
Fingers of Frost now has a 7/14/20% chance to proc from your Chill effects, down from 10/20/30%.
Early Frost now reduces the cast time of Frostbolt by 0.3/0.6 sec, down from 0.35/0.7 sec.
Really interesting changes for Arcane, making it kind of a hybrid between the BC AB and WOTLK AB. With the reduced and stacking cast time reduction, it does make stacking haste as Arcane less desirable.
Interesting enough, EJ has the new changes as a buff during the Burn Phase, as it increases the overall damage. There might be some problems with the Conserve phase now, due to ABr not being reliable filler.
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nickseng
Also, Frost seemed to have nerfed somewhat. Was it overpowered or something in the Beta?
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