Spellfire/spellstrikeFollow

Spellfire and Spellstrike doesn't see real upgrades(some stat upgrades that are damage sidegrades) til T6 gear.

Decide on it from there.

He stated it in this post. Not until you are approaching T6 gear.

True dat. I hit 70 in February of 07. I do not yet have any piece of gear from a T6 instance.

Different but related questions, especially for people who were around for the last expansion: Since the Spellfire set is that good, is it overkill for a casual player with no ambitions beyond 5-mans? And at what point before the expansion (once we know when it's actually coming) would you stop sinking money into new stuff that might be outdated soon?

My mage is only level 51 (and she's hardly power leveling), and then it's 50+ days to craft all the cloth, and the expansion is coming... some day. I love shiny purple things as much as the next girl (well, not Prince, but other shiny purple things. Actually, Prince is okay, I guess.) But I play solo mostly, goof around with a lot of alts, do the very occasional five man. I have all the mats for Spellfire in the bank because I know it's the best thing since Ted Williams and all, but I'm greedy cheap not sure whether hanging on to 2k worth of stuff is worth it for what I do.


Edited because I am always calling Spellfire Spellstrike.

Edited, Apr 3rd 2008 10:31am by teacake

Thank you very much - this is helpful for me. I know it's a matter of individual preference what you want to spend your money on, but it's good to hear from an experienced mage just how necessary those epics are for you in 5-mans. I used my druid to grind the mats but the opportunity cost is high - I could get 2k gold if I sold all those primals instead. And I'm not sure that's worth it for 3 pieces of gear for an alt who will probably never even do a heroic before the expansion (I'm kind of obsessed with leveling up as many alts as possible versus doing endgame stuff). OTOH I don't want to be a scrub on those few occasions I want to PUG something, hence my asking you good people.

I'd love to have all that pretty damage. I really enjoy throwing hot fire at people. (Is that so wrong?) But by the same token, I'd love to fly really fast too, and that's not worth 5k to me. Everything has to be weighed. I'll have to think about it. It's not like I'm dropping tailoring anyway.

Edited, Apr 3rd 2008 4:56pm by teacake

Does your character gather at all? For gatherers it's the single best investment you can make. For non-gatherers, I'd still recommend it, as you'll never understand again how you managed to live without it.

I completely agree. My hunter has his epic flyer, and everytime i get on my mage who doesnt have it, it is absolutely horrible. Its one of those things where once you get it, you dont know how you lived without it.

As others have stated, it really is not a status symbol. Pretty much all the players I run into on my server have one or are working towards one (I am about to loan 2k to my roommate so he can finally get his).

The epic flier is probably the best investment I have made (right along side of the epic tailoring sets for raiding).