I am an arcane main through and through but there is no incentive or real viability, and especially as key levels go up, it will be harder and harder to find a group. I feel like blizz is not paying any attention to us. I don’t know what the solution is but I really think it needs a rework in some way. Much of the damage is reliant on managing cooldown windows and I like it to be hard and challenging to play but it just seems like compared to a lot of other classes, without the cooldowns we are doubly useless than everyone else. I’m thinking of switching classes for season 2 but I really really love arcane mage so don’t really want to just because it sucks right now. Having said that, if anyone has got any suggestions for some other either ranged caster dps or maybe a tank to try out for season 2 I would love any input 
Start rerolling and gearing warlock, they’re always op as pure dps class atleast 1 is always busted, arcane is possibly the worst m+ spec not to mention it got completly ignored the entire 10.0 due to arcane being crazy good in the raid
If arcane got an 10-15% aura buff it still would be the worst spec in the game, aggro issues, ramp issues, no utility or defensives during totm or no dmg,
Agree, blizz don’t like mage overall but arcane is getting kicked all they possible ways, they are constantly buffing frost and fire , completely ignoring arcane and its like that since long time,
I also love arcane but feel like its time to change class, its just frustrating…
Ele shamman’s tier in 10.1 gives stormkeeper every 40secs or something like that. Looks like it will be so much fun in m+. Working on mine to have it ready for 10.1. My priest is as geared as my mage now and I think I’ll try and squeeze some more ilvls into my druid as I’m enjoying resto and kitty.
Got the feeling I’m going to be juggling 3 ‘mains’ next patch but mage won’t be one of them.
Best advice I can give is don’t pick a spec and play the basic build and assume thats the only way it plays. Mages are stuck with barely and flexability but a lot of specs have loads of different ways to play.
Jump on the ptr, try a spec that appeals, get tier off a vendor and mess around with the talents.
If by constantly buffing you mean a flat 5% increase then nothing, thats a pretty pathetic definition of constant.
Dude, frost is already best in PVP from all mage specs, since long time, so now even smallest buff, doesn’t matter how many %, is simply ridiculous / wrong, that’s not what “balance” definition is,
Arcane didnt had ANY real buff since long time, blizz for whatever reason think its best and keep ignoring it, buffing fire ( this one i get, its weak and it need buff ( thats how it should work btw my friend, weak spec = buff )) but frost??? spec already superior to others ? no, thats bad/wrong/senseless
Arcane is in deep sh*t and again its been missed in latest patch notes…
Id really love to play Arcane, i loved it in Legion, now i got the itch to play mage in the worst possible time, and im stuck with frost because its brain dead and does decent dmg…
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