Yeah, plan on doing the bg's for some welfare epics and getting a 2v2 and/or 3v3 team and be content with just losing 10 games a week for the points until I get a little better geared and experienced with the arenas on the mage.
Just wanted to see if any number cruncher could determine if the big increase in stam and intel from the battlecast would be more of a benefit over the increased spell damage/hit from the spellstrike.
Given that either set requires a hefty investment, no way i'm going to get both sets. My hunter is going broke just helping to fund the spellfire set :P.
I guess what I really want to know is if the spellstrike is really that superior, why would anybody get the battlecast set at all, especially since the battlecast is much more expensive to make?
I am looking forward to shortly after I get my mage to 70 to crushing the other mages in my guild's dps, even though they have been raiding and getting gear for months <insert maniacal laugh>.