like, idk what is wrong with people that have any complain regarding mage being anything but useless nowdays.
i cannot find ANY class that does less damage than my arcane, ive full burst with bl people without even forcing their major defensive cds, my cc are often absolutely useless, sheep in a bg or in a duel means basically healing enemies, and any dmg will break it, same for ring and db, instant break from anyone, my defensives and fofensives, most of them can just be dispelled.
I legit do not even understand anymore who can think mage dmg is good.
Cast evocation 7 seconds 7% intellect, managem, 5%intellect
Cast Surge, 2.1 seconds, you get rune of power, 30%, and surge gives you 45% more damage
saltwater potion 30% more dmg
berserking 30% more dmg
consume clearcasting, 20% dmg on the next 2 arcane blasts, you proc it with managem, instantly burn it and presence of mind stopcast macro for 2 big blasts
insert burst macro with trinket (saltwater managem)
playing flasked, with intellect food
AND I DONâT FORCE divine shield off a paladin, because glory, and instant selfheals are enough to keep him up.
now if this was, any other expansion, all this would have been more than enough to kill him, i can tell you, that in vanilla, tbc, wotlk, cataclysm, pandaria, legion, mage was an absolute monster pure glasscannon dps that could focus all dmg in his burst combo, and 1shot, unless you used major defensives, or lined, or cced
nowdays? mage is a support class with MEDIUM mobility, yes ive said MEDIUM, yes you can kite a few melees, but unlike some other dps, you just donât have room to do dmg, and kite at the same time, you either do one or the other.
most other classes, can just, leap, spear, burst macro, zugzugstorm, and thats your block. and that goes for most classes, you die from any aimed + rapid, your only ways to interrupt that, supernova, and greater invi, but ofc, they will do it on a stun, so you prealter ? u die before stun is over, u trinket to alter back ? he dispells your alter and u die, basically everyone watching you is your 5 minute defensive cd, and they can ignore you, as you are no real threat.
most of my bgs i focus only on icewalls, knocks, and peeling, because dmg is just not there, doesnât matter how many things i abuse, there is simply NO DAMAGE
moving to ccs, while sheep with perfect coordination in arena does seem to be a very much hated cc from the opponent, in EVERY other scenario, its useless. you sheeping in bg makes you the strongest of healers, dispeller of all dots for your team, and all sheeps rings db get instantly broken by any zugzug warrior that is going to say he is doing MORE DAMAGE THAN YOU which is true because mage does no damage at all.
i could go on forever, but i know that the only people that understand what im saying are MAGES that are playing bgs, duels, or wpvp, the arena heroes that gert carried by the synergy with rogues or w/e donât care, and the pve players are absolutely clueless probably of what it feels like to have your class butchered for years because it works just fine when mobs donât move and your tank pulls around your combustion or burst.
