Cataclysm; Flame / Frostfire Orb :: Free Realms

#1 Sep 11 2010 at 2:56 PM Rating: Decent

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The title gives you the gist of what we're talking about here.
This is our new best friend. Previously, it had a short cast time which made it bad for our rotations to sneak it in. NOW though, we have it as an instant cast, and let me tell you, I love it.
As a frost mage, at level 81 in my Live gear, it's worth some DPS.
On a target dummy, using a basic rotation not including FFO, I do around 5K in beta. On live, I do around 4800. Now, considering that this is without a full compliment of useful glyphs, that's not terrible. The talent overhauls certainly didn't HURT my DPS.
I threw FFO in, and did a consistent 5500. That means FFO is worth 500 DPS, 10%.

Start planning rotations around FFO / FO, because, yes, it's that good.

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#2 Sep 12 2010 at 9:32 AM Rating: Decent

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Sounds pretty great. Frost and Fire seem to be getting some fun new play mechanics, particularly fire's AoE ******** frost's permanent elemental, and some crazy new PvP mechanics for all 3 trees. Arcane still looks to have the same feel with a few new talents and a few less boring talents.

Thanks for the update.

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I do around 5K in beta. On live, I do around 4800. Now, considering that this is without a full compliment of useful glyphs

Have you updated much of your gear through quests and such on beta? High iLvl purples being replaced by level 81 quests blues and such?

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#3 Sep 13 2010 at 1:07 PM Rating: Decent

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I have gotten quite a few upgrades, though I haven't replaced any of my few 264 pieces.
For testing comparisons, however, I equip my old gear. It's not EXACT conversions, but it's good evidence that they've done their job right in converting spellpower to intellect.

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