World of Warcraft®

‘My question is: How do you kill subtlety rogues? I haven't killed any rogue since level 70. They ambush me, and when i try to kite them they use evasion and poison on me so i can't get away :( I have tried to ice block but then they will ju…’

‘Bow down to the new god mode of World of Warcraft everybody; that's right... Mages have now dethroned Death Knights. Clearly the Blizzard employee behind the idea of buffing an already very strong class to this extent is either a) delusiona…’

‘Neither of these is my own invention but I really like both ideas, if we are actually strong enough at PTR to be nerfed. "Ice lance spamming mage" I very rarely spam icelance but if people truly use this successfully, e.g. at low level bg's…’

‘HI i liked to know if there any fire tactic i should use while in dungeons? right now i dont know anything about fire mages but sure wanna know heres my armory link http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/shattered-hand/%C3%90oorstop/simple’

‘Conjured Maka Cake, amigos. If there is one thing that ruins this game for me, then it is the God damn pink Conjured Mana Cake. Sweet, sweet bread rolls - that was taste and elegance, man. OR SCONES, OH HOW I LOVE ME SOME SCONES. Anyway, im…’

‘Hey. was thinking about rolling a mage recently so would like your thoughts on them. - Are they fun to play? (Levelling, Pve, Pvp) i heard in pve you just kinda spam the same thing over again :| - what changes will the new patch bring to th…’

‘Hello fellow mages and wow players , i lvoe pvp-ing and from 59 till 64 i did all by BGing, i bough a full set of pvp gear from the place in SW and i plan using it untill 70ish.. But i cant seem to find the lvl 70 gear , only things i see t…’

‘I found this mage pvp movie on youtube yesterday and I absolutely love it, so anyway enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO3tl6seu7E’

‘Dear blizzard..i spent the last 4 months raiding to get proper fire gear since it was the most spec that wasnt ruined in our class talents,and now with fire being already weak on single target dps, and the overall nerf to fire's aoe dmg sin…’

‘A very strong comp pre-4.1 is Shatterplay (SP/Mage/Druid) as a lot of people know, but with the nerfs to friendly dispells, and the buffs to Afflic would Mage/Lock/Druid be a hell of a lot better to play? I mean, logically the only reason t…’

‘Im currently arcane and quite enjoy it. I tried frost but wasnt a fan so i changed to arcane, which is alot of fun (arcane blast xD) i was wondering what it is like compared to fire? as i havent tried this out, so which does more dps, fire …’

‘Hi, i want a macro which will stop casting my pets waterbolt and use "move to" (pet action 3). /stopcasting don't work as it stops me casting. /petpassive /click PetActionButton3 LeftButton That doesn't work i have to press it twice in orde…’

‘We are sheeping warrior, pet nova hunter out of camo, open hard and shatter him during kidney, novaing warrior after sheep into deep freeze after few seconds, forcing trinket > full blind, all whilst killing hunter, although problem is, aft…’

‘Noooo, let's be serious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMGGjTxmkrs&feature=feedu Check this video and think again about mages pvp power. And you are saying over and over again that ret palas got soooo huge burst dmg.... - sorry for little …’

‘PvP is balanced around 3v3. Any points you wish to make about 1v1 balance are pointless; the game will never be balanced around 1v1. It never has, and it never will be. The only relevant posts made about balancing in WoW should relate ONLY …’

‘I am looking for a nice actionbar UI that will remove Blizz's actionbars. Wanna try sth new, so please fellow mages, share your tools of destruction. Don't be afraid to post a screenshot of your UI if you deem it necessary. Ty!’

‘Can somone give me a couple advide for taking most damage ass possible.. I am a frost mage. I started 3 weeks ago, but got all the games :D’

‘Hi, Just respecced to fire on my mage but not 100% on a couple of things. Firstly, on single target when i put living bomb on, do i keep it refreshed at all times aka before it runs out recast it, or are u meant to let it run out and then j…’

‘please give mages more cc!!!!!!!! mages are soooooo underpowered!!!!!!’

‘sorry for my enghlish :) I need help for my frost mage.At 85 I want to start pvp but the problem I put it to me when I get there ... never done pvp :) Now I wanna understand what gear to choose for my mage, stamina and intellect ok, but I s…’

‘Yeah just wondering if there is a reason i see very few well geared mages using a staff in pvp ? I would have thought the stats would have been the same. I keep meaning to check but always forget so i thought i would ask. Sorry for being la…’

‘I am not going to QQ about anything because theres plenty of it over the forums (on that note i have no problems with ice lance) but i have another point to raise, isn't it unfair that mages are decent in 3v3 and extremely good in 1v1 when …’

‘In a couple on heroic dungeons the other day, 2 people were moaning that I kept using Time Warp when the cool down finished, this was on a boss in both deadmines and grim batol. I poersonally can't see why they kept asking why I was using i…’

‘Hey, like a lot of mages in these hard times i have problems with dps in Arcane build, so i decided i will go fire. Hmmmm, but I used to play arcane and forgot how to make good dps in Fire. So can some1 tell me the best rotation for Fire bu…’

‘Basically, in short: post your tips and tricks for accomplishing X, defeating Y, or general all-round goodies! I'll start with a few, post in a similar format and any decent one's i'll apply to this first post with a reference to the poster…’

‘Heh, I dont think I am badly geared or gemmed but I just cant seem to get beyond 10-12k dps in heroics. I have seen other Arcane Mages similarly geared to me doing 15-16k dps in heroics..so what am I doing wrong?...am I missing something ob…’

‘Hello there mage community. I post here because I am unsure about wether to go for the epic pvp staff or dagger + OH. If one of you could tell me the answer, could you elaborate on it as well? And while I am here I might as well ask another…’

‘What is the reason arcane spec consensus suggests to go to 40% mana after a burn phase before using Evocation and not waiting for 0?’

‘Ok so lets talk about firemages. First off, all things i'm gonna say are realeated ONLY for PvP (pve for me its just loosing time). Frostmages are 3 times better then Fire, and Blizzard is gonna buff them AGAIN and nerfing Ignite proc on do…’

‘Breaks roots and stuns, tepelort, talented rogue sprint, 15 second cooldown. Blizz have said before, a generally balanced or underpowered class is no excuse for an overpowered spell, so why does this still exist? I know all you mages will h…’

‘I play 2vs2 with my feral cat, my friend uses a DK and retribution paladin, if we get a mage in the opposite them we are doomed as soon as hand of freedom fades out, we are just hopeless if he is on his DK. Patch 4.1 wont help because dash/…’

‘Having downloaded CombustionHelper recently, I became obsessed with trying to pull big Combustions. I glyphed for Pyroblast and got into the habit of opening every boss fight I could with Pyroblast, hoping to crit, drop a LB, and thus get a…’

‘hey all, Just trying to get a bit moer involved in the community, been playing my mage for the best part of two years now so thought i might aswe lget involved :P on a seperate note, i was wondering if people had anysugestions on crit vs ha…’

‘Which do you use as filler? I know FB is slightly higher DPS, but is Scorch viable?’

‘OK my guild is Mage-heavy and in our 25-man runs there are typically 4 of us Fire Mages. We all have more or less the same gear and stats, our iLvl is approx 353. The only MAJOR difference is they all have DMC: Volcano and I do not. Anyway …’

‘Even though I just got my mage to 85, I'm not too familiar with what the proper rotations are and, which is the best spec to use in PvE. I'm currently Frost, and my average dps is 5.5k, maybe 6.2 if I'm lucky in normal dungeons, while I see…’

‘While the buffs in 4.1 are nice and will help a little bit what Arcane needs is a much better mix of DPCT in it's spell or a way to minimise the interruptions to it's normal casting. DPCT (Damage per Cast Time) is gotten by diving the avera…’

‘This is a compendium that I hope will help some mages out by explaining some common PvP encounters. If well received I will expand it with more classes and specs (including the Mages spec as it only covers Frost Mages at the moment) when I …’

‘Hello fellow mages. Due to work related issues I was forced to quit wow shortly after hitting level 85. Now I'm back, and although I'm fairly experienced, I am no longer in the know about raiding optimally. In brief I seem to be getting sub…’

‘Blizzard should do something with mages, cuz our current state in pvp is freakin horrible. Im getting trained 90% of the times, and usually i cant do anything, just ice block, and yelling for heals..seriously we should get dispel protection…’

‘This is purely a pvp thread. I was just wondering what changes people think fire needs to become a better all round pvp spec. the problems im finding are: -No dispell protection -heavy crit reliance -poor scorch damage -Ingite munching is f…’

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‘I noticed if I hit Arcane Barrage while an Arcane Missiles is channeling the channeling is interrupted. That's weird, is that consistent with other channeling in game? Anyway, what's the right point to hit Arcane Barrage after a Missiles? D…’

‘Hi guys, I enjoy playing frost the most and I pvp as frost which is a no brainer. From all the talents trees I dislike (can't say I hate, because I still enjoy it) the fire tree the most but the damage difference is too big from other trees…’

‘I know this is trivial, but hey what are forums for. It's also the reason I'm posting on my level 16 warrior rather than my 85 mage, because while I want to bring this issue up its also a little embarassing haha. Anyways I decided to give t…’

‘What are the most important Cata reps for Mage? ie. what is the optimal order they should be farmed?’

‘I dunno if this is just me or a fault in my UI maybe... but it seems sometimes when i spread living bomb with impact, it actually removes the living bomb effect, is this just me or has anyone else had this issue?’

‘Hey, Currently i'm leveling this char in a level 70 raid only guild. Now as the topic title says im interested what would be the best dps spec for level 70 ? Thnx.’

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‘Greetings to all reading this. I have just dinged on this mage and decided i am going to go frost in raids and hcs simply for the reason that its the spec i enjoy playing most. I need advice in the way of gems and enchants and also soft and…’