Arcane Brilliance: Mage AoE in Cataclysm, part 2

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9-11-2010 @ 2:35PM

schwonga said...

I've always had fun running around with fire aoe ever since they put in Firestarter, pulls aggro like mad but in the current gear levels things die all too quickly for it to matter too much. So being able to have instant firestrikes without getting in the mobs face is nice, but there will be an element of adrenaline pumping lost due to not being nearer to danger when I pull out the major aoe rotation.

On a related note, I'm kinda miffed (yeah, that's right, I said miffed!!) about the new beta build that dropped giving arc mages "imp arcane explosion." It's a rather boring way to address arcane aoe even if it does work.

9-11-2010 @ 3:25PM

Sithril said...

The problems with Arcane aoe are, that it has no effective ranged aoe. It's main aoe (Arc. Explosion) is a melee-type aoe - not suitable for a ranged class, or practical. And yes, it's mechanics are dull.. but so is Blizzard/Rain of Fire, with the difference that you don't have to press it franticly 8 times more often.

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