Originally Posted by
Exxile87
Arcane is going to take the most skill to master. Monitoring your mana and using the tools you have to keep your mastery damage bonus up isn't hard by any means, but it does require you to be more careful and time your spells/cooldowns better. Is it as engaging as Fire? No, but as someone that's raided as Arcane since Karazhan, I can tell you that it never has been and never will be. Is it the lazy raider's spec? Currently, yes. In Ctaclysm, no. Its a very reactive and fluid spec that requires the player to keep an eye on the mana bar at all times and learn to predict where he'll be in five casts. Playing Arcane is like playing a good game of chess.