I have just come off of two days of constant losses in EotS and AB. About 20 or so battles and not one win. Not one. The honor stinks, and marks are one at a time, so the grind is slow going. That makes me pretty mad.
But what makes me even angrier, is just how much it sucks being a mage. We have so many high damage abilities, but in the BG's using them is almost impossible. I end up spamming instants most of the time, and most of them don't hit very hard. Every once in a while I can bring my Water Elemental out for a few seconds and do a little damage-if I don't die first-but overall, I feel really underpowered and weak. I can't heal, can't wear decent armor, don't have a reliable pet,have a crappy shield, no DoT's, and my health is pretty damn low.
I've read all the posts about how great frost mages are for PvP, and I really don't see it. Most of my frost abilities-like frostbolt!-take too long. And forget about fire. A 3 second cast is unworkable. Arcane is a mana hog.
Warlocks sick their pet and DoT/fear me, Priests psychic scream and heal when I hit them, Warriors charge or intercept and squish me(no matter how many frost novas, frost bolts, CoC, or whatever); palidans bubble ( I hates it!) heal and then squish me or run away; rogues-ugh-I'm probably dead right away, but if I can last, I can almost get their health down to half; druids heal until I'm out of mana or someone comes to their rescue; shamans heal; and well, then the other mages-I can take them because they are weak.
I'm at my best with a lot of support around me, until, that is, they target me and take me out first, which they inevitably do. In AV, I can usually get a good group around and do real damage and survive. AB, WSG, and EotS, because of the smaller groups doesn't allow that.
I know I'm just not that good yet at playing a mage. My gear isn't great, but I'm getting there. My spec is pure frost-could be diversified. Gems, well, I can't get the hang of them yet.
I'm sick of using arcane blast, fire blast, ice lance, and CoC. I love my Water Elemental, but he should stick around longer. Quicker casting times would be nice, too.
Being a mage I'm staring to feel obsolete. Everyone else is faster, stronger, and better prepared to survive. Mages are just a cannon. A weak, slow, cannon. Oh, and we get to cater and transport people around. Lucky us.
Give me a full time pet. Give me a DoT. Give me healing. Something. Anything.
Damn, what a frustrating couple of days. Now, I'm off to make shadowcloth. It's been four days and I can make two more pieces. yay.
Now, bear in mind, I'm just venting. But really, what am I doing wrong? I don't want to give up my mage-I really do like her. I think the class is great. But all the other classes have grown so much, mages just seem like yesterday's news.
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Drenden&n=Morgause
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Drenden&n=Morgause