bad fire dps, or what am I doing wrong?Follow

Recently, I have been trying out different specs on my mage. For right now, I am trying alternating between Arcane and Fireball. All through that time, I have been able to get higher dps in my arcane set, although fireball should do more dps. I generally just set that aside saying that it doesn't really count because I have had to replace a great trinket with a hit trinket, lowering my crit and sp (Broodsmother was the one being replaced). But I currently got a new staff (Intensity) so decided to switch it out gear and play fire once more.

I am still lagging behind in my firedps then my arcane dps, which makes me a sad panda.

General notes to add:
Additional trinkets available:
Broodsmother
Elemental Focusing Stone

Additional relevant pieces of armor:
t 8.5 pants

Arcane weapons:
The Soul Blade (KT weapon)
Ironmender *** offhand

General raid notes:
Alliance raid with Drainie in group
Have both spriest and boomkin in raid
no "scorch slave" (someone to apply scorch or lock to apply scorch effect)

If I stick 100% with fire, I will probably regem a few things to get closer to hit capped, btw, and I know I should take out those spell / haste gems and put in SP ones, I just haven't yet.

And most importantly, my armor,

http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Shadowsong&n=Pocoapoco

Thank you for your time, and your help.

@ koolaide:

That build is bad for reasons that I stated in your other reply to a different person.

I will take a look at the OPs armory when I get back to my computer (posting on my iPhone right now).



Edit: back from lunch.


Your spec looks great, no problems there. Your gear is pretty damn good as well. I don't have a problem with your gems.

I think it just comes down to experience/etc with your spec.

You should definitely should be using the 4pc t8 though, the extra dps is great (especially when you get multiple instant pyros in a row -- my record so far is 7!

Edited, Jul 24th 2009 2:26pm by Anobix

I replied in my post above. Your stats and everything looks good, no problems with your gems or enchants.


your hit is close enough that I wouldn't gem for cap or enchant for it. let it come naturally with a piece or two of gear but I wouldn't freak out about it.