Are mages even worth playing?

[solvogero]

The last time I got owned by a frost mage I laughed and said "WTF was that!!"



i get owned by pallies and hunters every day and just say "whatever".



a good mage turns heads.

 

[Geist]

The last time I got owned by a frost mage I laughed and said "WTF was that!!"



i get owned by pallies and hunters every day and just say "whatever".



a good mage turns heads.

Frost mage is alot of fun to play because of the amount of control it feels like you deserved you kills, you worked for it and you won because of you decisions/skill/whatever



arcane is a bit of a faceroll tbh, they play like hunter but without pet, with less CC and with alot less surviability

 

[Jdoring]

Love both specs, but nobody sees a 600 shatter crit coming from a frost mage, but it happens, and i know when i get someone with one they are like where the fuck is that hunter... hahaha



That being said, arcane can put out 600 damage as well, they just need barrage and fireblast to crit, boom 600+ damage

 

[solvogero]

Love both specs, but nobody sees a 600 shatter crit coming from a frost mage, but it happens, and i know when i get someone with one they are like where the fuck is that hunter... hahaha



That being said, arcane can put out 600 damage as well, they just need barrage and fireblast to crit, boom 600+ damage

serious question...roughly how much of a mages total damage comes from fire vs. frost/arcane?



thanks.

 

[Mialo]

That being said, arcane can put out 600 damage as well, they just need barrage and fireblast to crit, boom 600+ damage

I've crit Arcane Barrage for over 600

 

[Jdoring]

I've crit Arcane Barrage for over 600

With zerker? On targets with debuffs? I crit like 934 or something like that fully buffed on a Target with like 7 or 8 stacks... That's with fb BTW...

 

[SabXXX]

I've crit Arcane Barrage for over 600

With zerker? On targets with debuffs? I crit like 934 or something like that fully buffed on a Target with like 7 or 8 stacks... That's with fb BTW...

I've crit an Arcane Barrage for 900+ with zerker on a target with 7 stacks. I almost felt like a hunter. This thread is about sharing crit numbers with mage spells, right? o.o

 

[Deadvulcano]

Oh, pick me 800 pyro crit zerk and no stacks. Followed with a fireblast crit for 400 = 1200 burst dmg.



Give me 10 stacks and that is 2400 burst damage, but who cares?



Although pyro+fireblast will usually only do 600-1000 total. (practically no spell push back via talents)



I bet that if we averaged the actual dps (recount/skada) for each spec ppl would not only be surprised with the results, but maybe they would face facts?



Nah









Now what spell do I cast to get the bonus crit from Imp CoC? Oh yeah X

 

[C O T U S]

damn, i've never crit that high cuz i'm always farming eyepatches at the GY so the other team never actually gets our flag and gets the debuffs

 

[Mialo]

I was just pointing out doing +600 dmg with AB + FB isn't that much of a deal in general gameplay...

 

[Jdoring]

Umm, I'm not trying to upset anyone... Haha and Mialo obviously that's what this thread is for, we gotta make sure the OP knows that mages are worth playing!