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Being a Troll seems basically required for Blaster Master to be OP as well, since the racial lets you get another Fireblast stack. So if you play Alliance you're SOL.

Yeah Kilt is absolutely more forgiving. I can imagine tons of Arcane players would still play Kilt even if it was a little behind in DPS just because you'll never be in a position where a mistake puts you out of mana and out of dps. You're also right about fishing for AM procs when there's predictab...

Yeah you should have combustion + meteor ready for every add. And you can meteor the boss once in between add phases. My opener is always RoP + meteor and just do your regular Firestarter rotation. First add you've got RoPs + Combustion + Meteor. Then you can RoP + Meteor the boss. Next add you have...

I have a ton of gear to choose from including all legendaries. Simming the top gear with Raidbots for both 1 target Patchwerk and 4 target Patchwerk, however, not once does it show Kilt as a top performer for me. For single target it shows double ring, 4 targets it shows shoulder + sephuz. But if yo...

As a fire / frost player I'm struggling very much with the arcane playstyle, because I'm so used to casting a spell (frostbolt / fireball) and spamming another spell as it's being cast to queue something immediately after the cast completes. But with arcane missiles I'm constantly ending the channel...

I FINALLY got my legendary bracers, hooray! I have some questions of proper usage, however. 1) Should you always use the bracer proc asap, or is it sometimes better to delay it? For example, delaying it until you get Heating Up proc, so you can start hardcasting pyro --> fireblast --> finish casting...

There's a guide up at icyveins. But as the guide states, not a lot of simming has been done yet for Fire nether crucible, and it might change in 3months when we get T21.

EDIT: Just noticed we have a guide for all specs here on Altered-Time general forum. I'd go with that information.

Is the Medallion supposed to be used only with Arcane Power or do you use it every time it's up with RoP?

Obviously this depends on the dungeon/affixes, but what are your go-to builds across the M+ dungeons for, say, 15-17 keys? Do you always run the single target build for Tyrannical? Upper Kara? Any deviations? What about for mob-heavy dungeons, or affixes with Teeming? Or Fortified/Bolstering like th...

I'm still confused on when to spec Cinderstorm. It seems like the places where you'd expect people to use it, like M+ and AOE-heavy fights like Mistress, nobody actually uses it. I check warcraftlogs and for AOE fights/dungeons people are running Kindling instead. I also rarely see Living Bomb used ...

What Mage spec do you consider the most fun spec to play and why? I think overall I enjoy Fire the most because I like the aesthetics of Fire and the rotation, while very simple, is fast-paced and very mobile. I STILL don't have those darn wrists which is beyond frustrating however. Frost is my seco...

Still no bracers either. I have a feeling like it's just too much work for the developers to have every spec perfectly lined up, so instead they just focus each patch on making a single non-tank spec viable, so each class has a spot in raids. I say non-tank because those only have 2 spots in raids. ...

I have chest, prydaz, sephuz and feet and I still parse 90+. I feel you man but it's really no excuse for performing poorly I perform about as well as my simcraft would suggest I would. I was still asked to sit out for H Krosus, and instead managed to bring my DH alt which was slightly less geared ...

I've been playing a crapton since October. My legendaries were Belo'vir's Final Stand and Shard of the Exodar. According to Killpoints, I should've been at 3 legendaries by now and halfway to my 4th. Link Well, sure enough, I got my 3rd legendary today: Norgannon's Foresight. I'm pretty upset to be ...

How do we maximize our DPS for higher M+ keys, like 11 or more? This is when average pulls have 3-4 mobs at a time, not 10+ mobs like at lower keys. I don't have any relevant legendaries (Shard and Belovar) and sim'd it for myself (4 boss targets), getting this: Fury + Patch > Flame On + Patch >> Fu...

My gear is 889 ilvl equipped on both specs. It's pretty much the same gear for both. My fire weapon is 905 and my arcane is 902. My legendaries aren't spec-specific, just Shard and Belo'vir. I sim single target for both specs and notice that my Arcane DPS is 50k higher! This is with both specs takin...

I'm usually a Fire Mage but I'm starting to play Frost for raid bosses that focus on single target. Armory (fire gear on) I have an absolutely terrible performance history on the Odyn fight and I'm not sure why. It's easily my worst fight ever. I felt overwhelmed starting Frost with it, so I switche...

I seriously need help with H Cenarius. My DPS was so bad I offered to bench myself to not hold my guild back. Logs: https://www.warcraftlogs.com/rankings/character/18067338/latest#bracket=-1" target="_blank Armory: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/darkspear/Delandel/simple" target="_blank For t...

Not really. The only thing that makes me sweat a little is Dro, and maybe the Spider boss at the end. Pull as little at a time as possible. For heavier hitters, put up Frost Shield pre-pull, Rune of Power, and burst the target down. For the elemental dudes, counterspell their barrage and then dragon...