Frost mages geting so bad tier set again…why ? nerfing ring of fire is huge nerf in bgs/arenas…if u nerf it buff some other spells…nerfing alter is huge mistake…it can be dispelled and now it is worse…block heals only 50% and takes 10 sec to get that 50% hp…how many times u need to nerf mages…just wondering…
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they just killed mage especially Arcane Mage I have the feeling that they don’t know how to fix it and that’s why they’re deliberately ruining it even more so that people only play the classes they know how to fix and their simplicity doesn’t show.
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Firstly, this patch has a very big buff for the mage - sheep will no longer be canceled by random damage.
The ring of fire does not cause much damage. This is a dot that mainly gives the illusion of damage, especially against classes with pets. The loss here is small, even more benefit. Because now the mage’s total damage will be increased by other skills.
Alter time is of course a nerf, but it was compensated by a new overcharge barrier, which will be much better.
And most importantly - the fire mage was clearly buffed 
Fire needs to be tested. I dont understand how it will work after patch. It just might go up in numbers, and we need to see the rotation. Check Preheat video and lets wait.
Still I think devs team dont know what to do with mage. They are super arrogant with their “being happy with arcane mage”. I left the game 2 weeks ago having 2 month sub and even didnt finish incognitro, because devs team think it is fun to change class 3 times midseason. I just didnt want to relearn playing mage once again.
I would like blizzard to die horribly from hackers.
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the nerf on ring of fire and changes on finger of frost are actually pretty fair
ring of fire is a spell i believe held back mages from actually growing any stronge ron their own kit, because it was such a 0 risk max reward insane dmg easy to place spell and if u get kicked u lose nothing
they shouldve gotten rid of it, and spread the dmg on the rest of mage toolkit
finger of frost/Orb change is good too, they need to stop nerfing the actual dmg, and nerf the procs, u shouldn’t spam icelance for the entire arena except when u have instant frostfire
those changes actually are very healthy for mage playstyle
then again, they also have to address micro cc on other classes to make it actually possible to cast.
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They are happy with Arcane… Time to stop playing this game which gets worse and worse for the money we pay.
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Overcharged barrier will just get dispelled like alter, normal barrier and mass barrier!
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Alreqdy cancelled my subscription, spending my last wow days on some arena. Pve is my fav content butits just meh for arcane after the nerf. The biggest shame on blizzard is that none of them even reads these topics on -their own- forums.
Other saas companies read their user reviews EVERYWHERE
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Mages will be ok, but still not what we used to be. And the reason is Brian Holinka the meleenazzi.
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