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I very much agree with this sentiment. Seems DK's needed it more, seeing how they are masters of elements. *cough*
I was a bit upset at finding the only real reagent I need are runes for ports. The feathers can be done away with for Feather Fall via Glyph.
I figured all these other things(like Fish Oil) would allow Water Walking. I was wrong.
It's sad how few "nifty" spells we get. Blink is nice for fast travel walking.. but cool down makes it illogical to spend time on. And unlike Druid/Warlock/Paladin, we don't get free mounts.
Kinda blows :/

Yes, because ports help us get across obnoxious barriers or move from town to town(not city) faster...
DK and Pally get movement speed, Druid gets cat form.. Hunters get Aspect of the Pack

Mage gets a taxi service?



Try again.

Because 20% increased speed or the ability to walk on water is better than being able to go from Ulduar to Dalaran in a few seconds without having to use a hearth?

Or being able to get from anywhere on Azeroth to another place in seconds to help a friend?

Or to access the AH?

Or to grab the Shatt cooking/fishing dailies?

Or to be able to set your hearth someplace other than Dalaran?

Try Again.

And, the DK movement speed is a talent. It takes up two points.

meh, i was more of a "Who should freeze the ground underneath them?" thing. the guy that puts bloody boogers on the ground? or the guy that is a veritable Iceman? i can summon water from nowhere, but i can't walk on it.

its all moot why we dont have it since we can make pots to walk on water(similar to making scrolls for hearthing).

Flight: flying w/o wings is not in the game(although i can Slow Fall)
Explode: exploding enemies are not in the game(although we can do Living Bomb)
Teleport: mages have short range teleports or rely on conjuring portals.
Storms: i can make Blizzards.

i don't really know how potions work. but apparently, i can drink something to make me walk on water. i would find it more convenient to just freeze my feet and have that chill the water beneath me(like Frost Armor for my boots). if my Frost Armor can slow someone's movement, i couldn't imagine it taking much effort to freeze water in chilly Northrend, unless the LK put alot of unholy salt in the ponds.

being a mage I would much rather have ports than anything else.

Well, they will be in lower demand via trade, but they won't actually be less convenient. Other players just will be slightly less reliant on their neighborhood Mage if they forgot something at the AH just after returning to Dal (I do this SO OFTEN).

Plus, being able to be anywhere a lowbie (alt or otherwise) friend needs help in seconds without blowing the hearth is priceless.

And, consider the times when you run to Shatt to do the cooking/fishing dailies (for achievements/pets). It is so nice to be able to go from Shatt to SW to Shatt to Dal. All other classes (but Shaman) are dependent on other transport because of this.

WoW Mages ARE very similar to Dalaran "Battle Mages."

Would you be happier if I said "Combat-Oriented Mages?"

There are Warmages in Coldarra, who carry no weapons and attack enemies you aggro and run into camp with spells.



My entire theory is based specifically from the books and previous games, and is only fueled by WoW. In the books, Mages that had studied magic itself before learning battle magics were able to cast amazing spells (like Rhonin in War of the Ancients or Khadgar in the one where Anduin Lothar dies). On the other hand, the Mages who were far less experienced or who had been trained solely in battle magics (the Warlocks for the Orcs, Sorcerers during the WotA, Casters in previous games Vs. Archmages) were much less capable of the bigger magics. A favorite of the studious Mages was to create a storm and have lightning launch at their target from the skies or from their hands.

So, maybe I am wrong, but my theory does have a lot of support, both in game and the novels.

Though, I will grant that Mages have been treading on the Archmage's tail lately, with them gaining the Water Elemental and always having Blizzard. However, they still cannot manage to simultaneously teleport multiple individuals and must use a reagant to create and/or stabilize the portals they can conjure.

Meanwhile, the idea of a melee Battle Mage is nonexistent (or I should say nearly nonexistent) in the novels and previous games. The closest thing you get is the Spell-Breaker, who only knows how to counter magic. The closest thing I can think of is Rhonin, who is very good with a sword. But spells are still his main form of attack and only learned that craft to protect himself in melee range.



There is no doubt that single spells may be quite intricate, but they are also extremely simplisitc. It is not hard to visualize a single dragon of fire asaulting an opponent. But to be able to visualize a spell that will have many small, intricate effects on an object (living or nonlinving) or place is pretty damn difficult. This is what lets Archmages, who have studied for years to do just this, cast the extremely intricate spells that the WoW Mage, who just learned to throw a ball of Fire or Ice or simple arcane energy at an opponent and went on improving these three skills. Living Bomb is fairly impressive for a Fire Mage, since it targets multiple people specifically. And the summoning of a Water Elemental is no easy task (just as summoning an entire feast isn't).

But when you think of how long these Mages have been working, honing there specific crafts (talent respecs aren't really supported lore-wise), it isn't really that impressive. A Fire Mage couldn't turn around and summon a Water Elemental. And there is a high probability he never will.

I could definitely be wrong. But taking the novels and the previous games into account, nothing else seems like an adequate explanation.