Input into deciding between 16 or 19 mage

[Nollix]

Hey guys so i've been debating making a 19 or a 16 mage. With the new gear scaling i thought making a 16 would again be viable i'm just asking for peoples options because hit caping on a 16 caster is difficult even with the gear scaling. here are the two gear sets i came up with.

16 mage

19 mage

 

[Neon]

19, you will need way more hit to cap at 16, and even when you are scaled you are missing too many stats, so you will probably be lesser than a normal 19.

 

[Flamer]

it would be interesting to see how the gear on the 16 scales in a bg

 

[Mocha]

Easy solution, go 16! Worst case scenario it doesn't prove to be as powerful as 19, you're already almost completely geared for level 19 so ding up!

Edit:

I did indeed vote for "make a 19" because I feel t hat's what may happen after a few games at 16 anyways. I feel if "make a 16" were voted most popular you may be hesitant to leveling to 19.

Best of luck pal!
Mocha

 

[Dreeze]

19, you will need way more hit to cap at 16, and even when you are scaled you are missing too many stats, so you will probably be lesser than a normal 19.

I just played a game on my 15tink mage. Even tho it showed as i wanst hit capped, i was.

 

[Dorigon]

People, educate yourselves on level and gear scaling in BGs. If you enter a BG at level 16, all your non-BoA's will scale up 3 item levels while in a BG, and your BoA's will scale up to their level 19 stats.

No one has tested cloth gear on a 16 yet, so far as I know. I imagine that the sun belt will scale to 6/6/6, serpent gloves should scale to 7int 5sta, and otherwise I have no clue.

Nollix, you will most likely end up with better stats on a 16 mage. The scaling should be in your favor, as long as you use Walking Boots or the hit ones.

http://www.twinkinfo.com/forums/f43/bends-friends-gear-scaling-index-guide-49230/ from the f2p forum is a good reference, though since they are 4 levels below their bracket's max, their gear scales up 4 item levels rather than the 3 yours would.

 

[IllyBillyn]

People, educate yourselves on level and gear scaling in BGs. If you enter a BG at level 16, all your non-BoA's will scale up 3 item levels while in a BG, and your BoA's will scale up to their level 19 stats.

No one has tested cloth gear on a 16 yet, so far as I know. I imagine that the sun belt will scale to 6/6/6, serpent gloves should scale to 7int 5sta, and otherwise I have no clue.

Nollix, you will most likely end up with better stats on a 16 mage. The scaling should be in your favor, as long as you use Walking Boots or the hit ones.

http://www.twinkinfo.com/forums/f43/bends-friends-gear-scaling-index-guide-49230/ from the f2p forum is a good reference, though since they are 4 levels below their bracket's max, their gear scales up 4 item levels rather than the 3 yours would.

Another thing to keep in mind is that the way blizz is handling this right now may change before the next patch. It seems a little odd that a) some gear scales and some doesn't (with little rhyme or reason) and b) lower level characters with the same gear as higher level characters get better stats. Who knows, but given these points and the mismatch between actual hit and observed hit, for example, it seems like this is still being worked out.

As pointed out earlier, however, there is no real loss in making a 16.