fighting a hunterFollow

As a fire mage you WILL be owned by a hunter every time. Especially if they decide to turn their pet into Clifford and go at you.

My advice is:
Pray they're AFK.

If you want to get to the top of that dmg board in a BG, just arcane explosin spam anything if theres a couple of horde around. :o
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or focus fire and increase your chances of winning the BG.
but its all about lookin good right?

One of the best (I feel) tactics a mage can use in EotS is to ride into the middle where the flag is and spam all their instant AoEs to delay the enemy grabbing the flag as long as possible.

Edited, May 11th 2008 5:10pm by Raglu

honestly a mage is good vs very few classes solo. If you know how to beat us - you can easily do it. We are mana dependant and have no defense - thus - outlast our mana and you win... (Unless you're considering POTs which is a lot of $$$)

Really a good mage is a mage with a buddy. Find a Paly or Druid if you can. They tank an heal... If not get a tank or healer. If you can't do that - Get a DPS that will keep them busy.

A good mage is a smart mage. That's why mage is so hard to play. I've been lvling a paly - I can damn near drink a 12 pack, agro the world and heck - I'll just bubble and heal myself - it's cool.

Mage is tough. We have no tank (Locks/Hunters) We have no armor (everyone other than Locks and Priests). We have no heals (Priests/Paly/Druids/Sham - you get the idea.)

We are rogues with the lack of (Even) the benefit of LEATHER armor.

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Yeah, OK mate.

Whatever you say.

Edited, May 12th 2008 12:10pm by Kavekk

i aggree with tuskertu.
stay close to him and use instants to bring him down.
if iceblock is rdy, there is nothing to fear (big red = useless).

i have it a bit easier because i play a frostmage, but i tried fire, its a bit difficulter, but it works pretty well too.

Probably because they don't whine. I rarely hear whining from ANYONE over 2200 rating.

Meh, all the 2.2k rated mages I know (3, and others I hear qqing on gameriot) agree that hunters counter mages hard in duels and especially in arena.

I have never met a hunter who didnt give me some problem on my fire mage. And I've met, and killed, a ton of really bad hunters (as has everyone in this game). The good ones often win. Mages are at an inherent disadvantage against hunters, almost as bad as against a SL Lock w puppy. Yes, we can beat them. No, you don't just curl up and whimper when they show, fight like a man (or a woman or a zombie or whatever). But no one should kid themselves, you need a lot of skill and sometimes luck to win.

It's the same with hunters vs. warriors -- an avg warrior can take down a good hunter. And we know what mages do to warriors. Rock, paper....

Edit: Just saw someone said an avg mage cant beat a good warrior? C'mon. The warrior needs to far outgear the mage and/or be a topline player to beat a mage in a fair fight. I still remember watching a good 69 twink warrior (they exist) chase a 60 frost mage who was kiting him all the way from farm to stables. The warrior finally did the little guy in, but it took something like 5 minutes.

Or let me put it this way: I dont think I've ever lost to a warrior in a straight fight. Ever. And I am an average mage (keyboard turner, clicker). Is every single warrior I bbqed teh suck? Doubt it. I just have a huge advantage against them.

The reason I harp on this is that people like the OP come to the forum looking for guidance against a class in PvP. I don't think we should be minimizing the enormous advantages some classes have against others, especially for people starting out. Someone running WSG for the first time shouldn't be telling himself "If only I was a good mage I could have taken down those hunters. I have to practice more, it's my fault."

Edited, May 14th 2008 1:05pm by tuskerdu

I know this is off topic from the original post, but i wanted to chime in on the mage vs warrior topic in here. Hunters, Locks, i run away from in a BG. But warriors, i chase them bad boys down! For me personally, the warrior class is the easiest to kill if they don't get the jump on me, i usually go hunting them down in a battleground :) unless they have a healer behind them, then i'm just a dead clothie :(

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Those 4 spells should get you 7-8K damage on a single target?

How much does each hit for you? My scorches do not hit for 2000.

Not really. A pet and ranged weapon means constant spell pushback, so instant casts and Scorches are pretty much what you're limited to. You can use Ice Barrier, but Arcane Shot dispels it fairly often. Icy Veins seems nice in theory to me since it stops spell pushback as well, but I believe that Arcane Shot can dispel that as well.