Patch 3.3.3 PTR: Priests

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2-22-2010 @ 2:16PM

Meknow said...

IA is not as OP as everyone seem to think. Arcane Mages sacrifice over 5k-6k mana everytime that mana shield goes down. For an arcane mage thats a hefty amount of mana espacially if you have been waiting for the extra SP boost to blow your CDs. Once Arcane Power/Icy Veins/BL is on, mages become mana hungry and that 5-6k mana goes a long way. Mana gems only grant about half of the mana lost and it has a 2 min CD. Some other classes regain mana over-time without stopping their routine DPS, evocation takes 10 secs which might not seem a lot but it is when BL is up. I still think its a good change overall so mages don't abuse PW:S. Raiding arcane mages are already familiar with 2pts in frost warding. This talent will be great since there is no SP restriction.

2-22-2010 @ 2:36PM

Pyromelter said...

Mana Shield? Really?

I'm going to chalk this up to our own Archmage Pants not educating the masses. Here it is in a nutshell:

In PvE, NEVER cast mana shield. EVER. There is NO reason to cast mana shield in any PvE situation. In PvP... yes. Definitely. PvP is 100% about survival, and I've spammed the heck out of mana shield to absorb whatever I could to get away from a hairy situation to cast invis and then evocate my health and mana up. So for pvp... yes. With PvE, it's a wasted GCD and mana to cast it to proc IA, you'd be better off with your ab/mbam rotation.

You proc IA with warding only (after the patch), while currently PW:S and Val'anyr procs are the main way mages are gaining IA buffs.

Also, evocation is an 8 second channelled spell affected by haste. Timed correctly with IV, 2pcT10, assuming wrath of air totem, and if you can catch it at the end of a BL, your evo can take about 3.5 seconds.

Someone before mentioned mage dps as being wildly inconsistent. Get ready for this to be even moreso after this patch. We're gonna do 20-30k dps on koralon, and will be lucky to break 10k on festergut (which involves almost the same amount of movement).

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