I have always wanted to know what blizzards plan was for mages, not what they tell us, but their actual plan.
Were we supposed to be just a general caster who can do a little of everything but not be the best at one? or what..
I'm mainly bringing this up because I have noticed quite a lot lately that my dps in raids is more and more limited as I get more gear, and everyone else gets more gear. When I first entered ssc/tk I was num1 damage easy over everyone else by far, now, as we are all getting gear the rogues, dps warriors, and warlocks are passing me. Damn warlocks, the best one in our guild is topping dps by such a large amount over everyone else.
I have a few problems, one, why oh why doesnt our damage scale with gear like a rogues or warriors, or even warlocks? I know it does scale but where I am now, im sure is where I will be at end game. We are now in hyjal and BT (just 2 bosses into hyjal), just starting out and I am 2/48/11 (after such a long time of being arcane) with 1050 spell damage, 34% crit, and my maxed 164 hit. (just self buffed) I can keep a good steady 1100-1200 dps on most fights, but, tho my dps is usually top 3, my overall damage is most of the time around 7-9 in the raids, and top damage of our mages.
I just want to QQ I guess, but overall ranged I always figured mages were posta be the most burst damage fire wise, and warlocks were posta be dotters + aoers, and shadow priests are a mana battery, but when you look at it. Warlocks are now shadowbolt spam and do more damage then mages, and shadow preists are pretty damn close too, tho usually dont beat me but still, close hurts lol. I just wonder if that was blizzards overall plan, for warlocks to be shadowbolters, and mages to use their best pve spec and still not able to come even close to warlocks on damage.
I want our class to be overpowered ;) sheeps, tho can be done in combat heal... our aoe is so mana ineffeciant it hurts to use it. our damage lacks compaired to the other classes, all I can say is... Want a mana biscut? which you can buy at your nearest vender :(
does anyone else feel this way? or do you guys think its completely even, and I just want too much out of a mage?