Long list of arcane maga bugs

Classes Mage
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#1 Reported in February 2021

“Arcane power” is instant, so casting arcane blast, using Presence of Mind, immediately after Arcane Power works fine.
But if you have the “Ring of power” talent, it doesn’t work. The Arcane blast get damage boost only from the arcane power. 2nd arcane blast work as expected, receiving bonus from both RoP and AP.

Here is the macro that I’m using

/cast Arcane Power
/cast Presence of Mind
/cast Arcane Blast

#2 Reported in February 2021
I just noticed that Touch of the Magi (ToM) doesn’t count damage from trinkets.
For example if I cast ToM and then “Glyph of Assimillation” trinket. When ToM expire there is no damage.
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFsRgM1LCWA

#3 Reported in January 2021 - Clearcasting not working, BUG

This bug is a situation where clearcasting does not enhance arcane missiles (it is just a fake visual proc with no effect).
It happens when the clearcasting proc occurs after the initiation of a regular arcane missiles channeling that is interrupted before the first missile tick (no missiles lunched et all). The interruption usually happens because you are forced to move or you get silenced or kicked, but you are still able to obtain a clearcasting proc from the interupted channeling spell. Except that it is a fake proc (if arcane missiles is interupted not at the beginning but after the first missile tick than the proc is ok).
In this situation there will be the clearcasting visual indication and the aura icon but the next arcane missile spell will not be enhanced at all- there will be no additional missiles, no better haste and if you have the talent for moving while channeling arcane missiles under clearcasting it will not work (you will be like a stupid dog jumping around in arena with a visual indication, trying to lunch a spell that will never fire while moving).
The worst is that this proc should normally work as you lose mana and gcd even if missiles are not lunched. Also, if you manage to stack a second proc by using arcane blast for example than both procs work meaning it is not intended that the first proc does not work alone.
If you want to reproduce this bug just start some arcane missiles casts and stop them by moving before the first missile (yo have to be fast, if there is one missile than there is no bug) and wait for clearcasting to proc. Observe that the next arcane missiles is not enhanced by clearcasting.

#4 Reported in Mart 2021
ToM doesn’t count damage from illusions.

#5 reported in January 2021 - List of Mage Bugs

  • Alter Time even if it’s free of GCD has an internal CD that doesn’t allow you to use it immediately.

#6 reported in January 2021 - List of Mage Bugs

  • Shifting Power doesn’t reduce the CD of Alter Time, only for Arcane.
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I would think 2 and 5 are intentional. Also 4, mirror images isn’t really a dps spell now anyway.

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-2) If so, then the expected behaviour should be in the spell description. At the moment the description doesn’t exclude trinkets.
-4) images dmg is low, but it is a damage and totm is not working as expected.
-5) why?

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Most dmg buffs exclude dmg trinkets, just the way it is. Suppose it’s to help balance, could make trinkets too important to some specs.

If alter time didn’t have an internal gcd it would be too easy to accidently cancel it as soon as you’ve pressed it.

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Well, the abilities doesn’t say anything about excluding dmg from trinkets, so the dmg boost should work.

If alter time didn’t have an internal gcd it would be too easy to accidently cancel it as soon as you’ve pressed it.

Are you serious? Then why not making AB inactive while castin AM, because you can accidentally stop the missiles. Anyway, this can be optional bahaviou like Arcane Momentum. Ability should work as described in the tooltip, not in some mysterious undocumented way preventing you from mistakes.

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3 may be fixed in the today hotfix. I will test it later

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You ever played this game? Tooltips are annoying vague and everything that doesn’t have a cd has a gcd.

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