tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086974012972352954.post4694098765989850117..comments2023-10-12T02:04:14.079-07:00Comments on Gnome Warrior is an oxymoron: Why I love mages, and my build at 80. . .Fishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17653252976648480240noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086974012972352954.post-29375791292372123532009-02-19T09:20:00.000-08:002009-02-19T09:20:00.000-08:00OK I didn't actually look at your proposed spec be...OK I didn't actually look at your proposed spec before :P but let me see if I can give you some feedback (bearing in mind I don't have mage experience at 80 so take it for what it's worth!).<BR/><BR/>Since you didn't take improved frostbolt I assume your main nuke will be frostfire. That makes me wonder why you took empowered frostbolt - those points could be used elsewhere.<BR/><BR/>Brain Freeze is a good dps increase and saves mana as well.<BR/><BR/>You take Shattered Barrier which leads me to believe that this spec is oriented towards solo play, so if that is the case I'd personally skip Winter's Chill as you'll never get the benefit of it on a non-elite.<BR/><BR/>I'm not as familiar with the fire tree but since you say you don't pvp I'd leave out molten shields and burning determination and go for 5/5 Ignite instead.<BR/><BR/>So if I were to do a frost-based frostfire spec with blast wave, as you suggest, I would do something like http://tinyurl.com/amjahu .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086974012972352954.post-57224844887754394672009-02-19T08:59:00.000-08:002009-02-19T08:59:00.000-08:00I found Deep Freeze quite useful actually. My fav...I found Deep Freeze quite useful actually. My favourite way to burst down a mob as frost involved freezing it with the elemental or a Frostbite proc, FB, Deep Freeze, FB, Ice Lance, and it would usually be dead and wouldn't even have had a chance to move let alone touch me.<BR/><BR/>I haven't quite got to 80 yet with my mage - 75 and going up quickly (as cold molasses) - but I had decided on arcane at 80, since I'd always liked the idea of it and now it is also the highest dps. Was concerned about mana consumption but I figured the worst that would happen was I'd be out 6g in respec fees, so I switched to arcane at 74. Love it. Slow is the key to making it work whilst solo, that and evocation on a two-minute CD so it's always up when you need it. Cyllenia on Greymane if you want to have a look.<BR/><BR/>Good luck in the magical arts!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com