Ok, I've been trying to figure this out on my own for ages now and have come to a point now where I need help from the experts as I cant figure out where I'm going wrong.
Here's the problem, I'm a Raid specc'd Fire Mage with around 1000 Bonus Damage (raid buffed), Hit capped (for a draenai) yet I rarely see more than 700 DPS and I'm postitioned around 10th on the damage meters. I am not a happy mage :(
My spec can be seen using the link from my signature (Gothmógg on Bronze DragonFlight - EU)
I'm hitting SSC / TK mainly and Maggy / Gruuls are on farm for me. Our progression team is hitting MH and BT at present. I typically use the 23 +Dmg food buff along with the flask of Pure Death. My spell rotation looks something like this: 5xScorch - 7xFireball - 1xScorch - rince repeat - fireblast if trash about to die.
In terms of trinkets I have them macro'd to my fireball spell, I know having two "use" trinkets isnt best and I'm currently trying to get the Sextant (no luck yet).
I have a seperate macro to pop IV and Combustion either right at the start of a boss fight (to ensure I get to pop it twice) or just the once when the boss is < 20%.
Using Recount I'm averaging around 700-750 DPS on a good day, however in terms of Damage Done overall I'm usually #1 in my class.
So whats going wrong here? Is this what I should be expecting with my current gear? My intentions is to replace the spellfire/Spellstrike sets with the belt of blasting, the shoulders/chest from SSC, Wand/Weapon from TK etc yet this takes time and I intend to replace the set items all in one hit (so I dont lose the set bonus).
Am I seeing low DPS because my fellow Guildies are all currently equiping T5/T6 gear and they are way out of my league?
Your thoughts and advice are greatly appreciated :)
Goth