Jiade wrote:
Also, the ignite damage from scorch is going to be much smaller than that from fireball, so I don't want a scorch ignite to overwrite a fireball ignite.
wrong. scorch and fireball ignites will stack. the only buggy ignite behaviour is if you crit a second time before the first crit's ignite has ticked once (with any realistic values of haste, that means fireblast criting right after a fireball crit before the first ignite tick from the fireball).
Jiade wrote:
Three points in impact actually can be quite useful on trash. It can proc off of flamestrike and blastwave. If you cause 1 or 2 mobs not to act for 2 seconds, that's a nice chunk of damage they aren't causing to you, other mages, locks, or tanks. You can even stop a harmful cast accidentally. It won't do anything for bosses, but it isn't so useless since in most instances you'll spend more time on trash than bosses.
no. just no. if your survival on trash depends on you stunning mobs for 2 secs with a minuscule chance, talk to your tanks. if you have a reasonable pally tank in hyj, the problem is non-existant as long as you manage your threat (aka giving him a few seconds).
in any case, boss dps is where it's really at. you do progress on bosses, not on trash. on boss fights, those 3 points are a complete and utter waste.
we are talking about maximising dps. use those three points to increase dps.
my spec is the "standard" raid spec, if you can rely on a shadow priest. if you have mana problems, use 10/48/3.
Anobix wrote:
You aren't anywhere near hit cap...
not that much of an issue on trash. the required amount of +hit on lvl 71 or 72 mobs is much lower than 73/boss. you will only need 4 or 5% to cap.
ssgrif wrote:
As a fire Mage you should be using Flamestrike. You dont need improved flamestrike for this spell to work well for you. I used to use AE and Blizzard for my main AoE spells. I've learnt that AE is great when threat is an issue and you can be in the middle of the fight. Blizzard is nice and pretty to watch but not great for fire mages in most cases. so on this basis I hope you are not spamming AE in the midst of the trash. Keep max distance and spamming flamestrike will give you 1500-2000+ dps easily.
sorry, no. if you can do that dps with flamestrike, you can probably do 2500 with ae.
flamestrike loses a lot of its value when you spam, because the dot component will not run its course, the new one will overwrite the last. it is great once, because it's fire (so all the +crit, mana return and +dmg talents apply), but if you don't let the dot run, it's not efficient, neither dps- nor dpm-wise.
i suggest:
flamestrike, run in, dragon's breath, blastwave, ae ae ae until db is up again. equip the ashtongue trinket for this if you have it. it's crap otherwise, but here you are casting fast spells and hitting so many targets, you will always crit and the proc will be active nearly all the time (no internal cd).
the aggro reduction from arcane subtlety is invaluable while ae-ing!
edit: my quoting-skills are subpar
Edited, Jul 3rd 2008 2:45pm by Turicus