Thought I would start this thread to discuss a problem I have been having recently in my raids playing Arcane.
Armoury for reference: http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sh...eard&cn=Isumir
Recently, I have found that when I am pushing my DPS as much as I possibly can, proc fishing (never more than 7 AB's), CD stacking, pre-potting, etc etc. That towards the end of a fight I am struggling for mana. Everything goes fine until towards the last minute or so of the fight, where I find myself about 30% mana or less with a good 30s-40s before a Torrent/Gem/Evoc is off cool down. The fights this is particularly apparent on are just the straight nukes. Festergut, Saurfang, Queen.
Now, for mana I am using Arcane Torrent at about 93% mana, then a gem at about 85%, Evoc at about 35% (where possible on the last second of a haste CD), then whenever there off cool down.
My thought about the problem is that it would seem as though my haste is too high. I.e. I can cast too much between Mana Backs. My raid always has replenishment, but still I struggle. Fights in which I struggle I have resorted to switching to mage armour if my mana is dipping below 15% until I can get some mana back from one of my own cool downs. Innervates are available in the raid but often saved for a healer on Saurfang or themselves on Festergut/Queen. In truth I don't like taking them as it seems to me that I should be able to manage the mana myself unless I get killed and am Battle ressed.
I was wondering if anyone else was having similar difficulty? If so how have you gone about resolving it. This relates only to Arcane, with Fire I have no mana issues, but my gear isn't well orientated for it and I am dropping about 2-3k DPS switching to Fire for those fights. This is in part gear, but also experience with the spec. Both can be resolved over time, but until I have the gear to support the spec I am not going to be playing it since my DPS is so much lower.