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Are mages a class worth trying?
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leuitinet
I'm more of a lock/hunter person, but I want to broaden my horizions. I've seen how much a mage can dish out, but never thought I could play one. I just want to know the ups and downs, before I decide to roll one. And I'd also like to have opinions on which race(s) would be best to use. Thanks too all that help.
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leuitinet
LOCKS RULE ALL!!!! thx for the advice
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Slimda
Mages and their races.
What to pick. Hmm.
Alliance-side, both Gnomes and Draenei are good. Gnomes got 5% more intellect (like the tauren stamina-buff), while draenei have more 1% spellhit (right?)
On Horde-side, there aren't that many fancy things. Sure, Trolls can berserk for faster cast-time, Undead have Will of the Forsaken, and Blood elves have their mana torrent.
But all in all, it doesn't matter much.
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Skyfire
I'm not sure anybody answered the query of "what's wrong". Not trying to be a downer though. While Mages are powerful, they do have their downsides.
Downtime during grinding (at least, leveling) is not so cool, and which you probably won't have experienced, being a pet type person.
We're also completely about burst. If we can't kill an opponent (PvP)
very
quickly, odds are, we will die.
We
are
squishy, and it's easy to acquire threat, and both don't go very well together. Having threat management skills of the rudimentary type (other than FDHESCOMINGFORME) would be a good idea.
Mages are currently subject to cookiecutterism, especially in PvE, and fairly in PvP. This is not to say that Mages are different than other classes, but it is something to be said.
I'm not sure I can go into the current plusses. I would definitely recommend leveling one though. Cheers, and happy maging! :)
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leuitinet
If there is a class that compares to the mages solo grinding, what would it be... if any. i've played alot of classes so i might know how to deal with it. thx for the feed-back
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Skyfire
If there is a class that compares to the mages solo grinding, what would it be... if any. i've played alot of classes so i might know how to deal with it. thx for the feed-back
I don't think there's any class with as high a downtime as Mages have. Other classes may kill slower (eg, healing Priests and such), but you're going to be hard pressed to find a class where we kill 2 mobs and then have to drink.
This is an extreme, as you should be killing more per drink. And it's really only applicable before you attain access to damage gear with stats on it.
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