What spec for questing most efficient at 70?Follow

Hi guys, I've been pausing on my mage for a week or so trying to get full rested XP to 70, and I will continue aoe-ing today to get to 70. I have planned to do all the NS and SMV quests at 70, and I am wondering which spec to go for for the most efficient questing?

I am currently specced frost aoe, which I want to change in some way, but I don't know if it would be smart to go fire, or if that'd be just gimping myself. I shouldn't have that much trouble with my quests since I can just pick em up, soar over there on my white gryphon and do em. Any tips or suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

For all around frost utility, I like 1/0/60 for a frost build. That'll work for raiding, PvE and PvP. That way you can keep some useful stuff (improved blizzard) and still get all the damage enhancing things. Oh, fyi... at lvl 70 you can AOE big groups of stuff even with frostbite (that's how I used to get all my bastalisk (sp?) meat.).

NP... I didn't believe it looked right when I typed it. For the spec, fire is great too. I have played almost every spec, and most of them are really fun. For PvP, fire is the lesser spec, but for PvE, fire is the most damaging spec (10/48/3). I like BGs too much to stay full fire for too long. I haven't gotten into arena much yet, but I find that I PvP most of the time when I'm not raiding/farming for stuff for raiding. I would ask you to try a few different specs just to see what they do/how they play. There is no substitute for experience.

While I believe 10/48/3 is the best grinding spec for fire, the best 10/48/3 for grinding looks a little different than the best 10/48/3 for raids.

IMO a arcane/fire hybrid is the best all around build. If your planning on doing arena alot then frost is still the way to go. But as for 5mans, kara, heroics, BGs and questing all at once 33/28/0 is my fav. The AP PoM Pyro option is great in BGs as well as questing. I don't know how many times i've been fighting a mob and another pops up and comes over so i just quickly 2 shot it and head by to my mob. The arcane allows me to run 5 mans with lesser geared tanks and still keep my agro down while still having a high DPS. With the fire I can do all of kara no problem. Mana pool stays high as well. BGs are cake with that spec. I'll never run the flag but you can still be really good support with that spec. I've done deep frost, deep fire, deep arcane and a mix of all.. even a PoM pyro iceblock (PTR FTW!!!) and this is my favorite build.

http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Spinebreaker&n=Jubie

Thank you for your reply! Although, might that build not be pretty manainefficient compared to maybe a full fire or nearby, maybe even 10/48/3 more fire specialized build that concentrates on fireball and such?

EDIT: Saw your post fuganator, that looks great, rate up =)

Edited, Nov 16th 2007 3:38pm by NameAlreadyExists



Edited, Nov 16th 2007 3:43pm by NameAlreadyExists

Thanks Ktangent, and yes, imo you really are a mage elite :P Anyway, why no Clearcasting? What's the big difference except Playing With Fire?

lol... ego is stroked. (Actually, I don't rate up there with some of the posters with thousands, I'm here to learn, and I do all the time.)

Anyhow... the difference is playing with fire (+3% damage), master of elements (fire-based mana efficiency), Improved scorch (good for 5 mans and scorch spam in PvP). You don't need clearcasting for quest grinding... the mana you'll get back from crits will be roughly equal, plus you don't need to burn the points to get through the first level of arcane.

Have fun... HTH.

For Grinding/Soloing:
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=of0VZEgMzbcfoeRt0h

This is what I picture as just about the most optimal soloing build available to fire. It's actually what I ended up with when I first dinged 70(only difference is that I was leveling to 70 right after TBC came out, so I instanced a ton and had 2/3 Imp Scorch instead of 2/3 Playing with Fire).

You can if you'd like, but I've never been much a fan of abilities that you have to be hit to proc(unless they're added effects like Molten Armor proccing Impact or Ice Armor proccing Frostbite). But it shouldn't make too much of a difference in your grinding.

Should work fairly well questing.

the only thing i don't get here is why your looking for a quest only build. After I dinged 70 it took me 3 days (about 10 hours) to do all the quests in SMV and netherstrom. Then another day to get to the Orgi'la dailies and Netherwing ones. After that it was raid/instance quests. You need to be thinking of what you want to do AFTER the questing is done. If you want to PvP then frost will be fine for both. If you want to raid and do heroics then you need to be looking at a build that will get those done as well as allow you to finish up your quests. IMO 10/48/0 doesn't come into play untill you get either T4 or spellstrike/spellfire sets. We have 4 mages in our guild that are doing Kara, ZA, and Gruuls and we all are a fire/arcane hybird. Means we have more mana, higher crit damage and better hit rating.

Looking for the best build for somthing your going to do for a few days is a waste of G.

Well, DarkHybridX, it all comes down to how much playtime you have. I have generally 2 hours a day, weekends 4 hours a day, and well, it ain't much, and I will be stuck questing/farming for my epic flyer for a number of weeks, which gives me a bigger reason to spec well for such occasions.

Might be a few days for you, but everyone doesn't have the same opportunity, sadly.

Filterspawn, I've started thinking so lately aswell, seeing as my dps is fine enough with frost (thanks to the divine shatter combo :P) and my survivability would be sick. I will stick with my 10/48/3 for a day or two to see how it is, since I've done ok with it anyway so far. Being able to just soar around from place to place to do your quests is a great opportunity aswell, that's what I'm loving with questing at 70.