Rate the raiding PvE Fire Mage above you!

[Sindy]

Title says it all! Be fair and helpful if possible, that's what I'm looking for anyway.

[Delijica]

Here we go!

I'd switch the gem in your hat for an Intellect+Hit rating gem, since Intellect outscales Haste.
If you're using yellow gems, use Intellect+Critical rating, since it outscales Mastery.
Upgrade those non-346 and spirit pieces, but I'm assuming you're already planning on doing that.

Moving on to your spec, I don't think Clearcasting is really necessary. I haven't had any mana issues on the whole 3 bosses I have done so far. xD
You coould move those points, and the points from Improved Fire Blast (not needed as well) to max out Cauterize and Pyromaniac and grab Improved Flamestrike and Blastwave. Those 2 talents really improve your AoE capabilities, trust me.

One last thing, if you're planning on raiding actively, drop Herbalism in favor of a crafting profession for better bonuses and level up Enchanting for ring enchants.

Delijica - EU Sylvanas
Be gentle. I know I'm missing the belt buckle, I'm just being cheap at the moment.

[Sindy]

Here we go!

I'd switch the gem in your hat for an Intellect+Hit rating gem, since Intellect outscales Haste.
If you're using yellow gems, use Intellect+Critical rating, since it outscales Mastery.
Upgrade those non-346 and spirit pieces, but I'm assuming you're already planning on doing that.

Well, i'm at 17.01% hit right now so i would have a hard time switching any hit items out.
I will pick up the int/crit gem asap, thanks!
Yeah upgrades are in the works.

Moving on to your spec, I don't think Clearcasting is really necessary. I haven't had any mana issues on the whole 3 bosses I have done so far. xD
You coould move those points, and the points from Improved Fire Blast (not needed as well) to max out Cauterize and Pyromaniac and grab Improved Flamestrike and Blastwave. Those 2 talents really improve your AoE capabilities, trust me.

Yeah i was on the fence with Cauterize. I may move a point from clearcasting to fill the 2/2. Because of a bug you only need 1/2 Pyromaniac right now, and i'm going for boss single target DPS so i passed on flamestrike/blastwave as they're really not necessary. The spec (if you take 1 point from clearcast and put it in cauterize) was a spec i stole from someone in Paragon. All of their mages have the same spec. Allthrough, it could be a situational spec. I think i'm going to go with 2 different fire specs. 1 that has Aoe ability, another that is strictly single target. That way, for trash and bosses that have adds i can use 1, and single target focus bosses i'll use the one i have now (with 1 point from clearcast going to cauterize).

One last thing, if you're planning on raiding actively, drop Herbalism in favor of a crafting profession for better bonuses and level up Enchanting for ring enchants.

Totally agree. I have such a hard time logging in and doing professions. I'll have to Hunka-down and do it at some point, but i'm not looking forward to it! :P

[akaTheDude]

I want in on this ------> http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...d/denso/simple


Yes I know spirit having some bad luck on the drops lately /facepalm

[DirewolfX]

@Hiya:

1. Get your Therazane rep up and get that shoulder enchant.
2. Lost City of the Tol'vir for bracers. (kinda crappy slot--this was my last slot to hit 346)
3. Throne of tides for blue crit/hit gloves (they should work out to be better).
4. Hit bracer enchant as long as you're under cap.
5. Fix gems-Shoulder yellow slot should be potent; belt prismatic should be brilliant.
6. Hit rating enchants for bracers/boots.
7. Level up your tailoring for the new rank of lightweave; also make yourself the epic belt and pants when you can.
8. Ramkahen rep for epic boots.
9. Therazane rep and Wildhammer rep for 346 rings without spirit.
10. Wands suck for us. Try Deadmines and BRC, but if not, run some arena with a buddy until you kill a few scrub teams and you can buy the wand for just 700 conquest points.

@Delijica (since I see you got skipped):

Nothing major. Reforge your gloves for more crit or hit. Upgrade your cloak and leg enchant (there's a +50 int that's not expensive; I can understand waiting on a better leg piece for the pricey leg enchant). And of course the belt buckle you mentioned (it's epic, there's no excuse).

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...akuth/advanced

[Deleted]

eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/ahnqiraj/trawler/simple
My mage.

[_Fire_]

@Hiya:

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...akuth/advanced

I would switch your weapon enchant to Power Torrent (if you can afford it)
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...s/maña/simple
(I'm working on my wand)

[DukeEntropy]

I would switch your weapon enchant to Power Torrent (if you can afford it)
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...s/maña/simple
(I'm working on my wand)

nice, only a little more hit, and i would say perfect (as far as heroics go ) 9/10
http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/characte...ecaster/simple
i'm not rich, so gems aren't perfect, and no power torrent, and can't get a hold of a 2nd heroic trinket

[Puffy]

http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/characte...arahtje/simple

let me say tho, i can expect some answers you might give. I've just had the worst of luck getting the following: 18 HoO runs for trinket first boss, 14 runs GB for trinket last boss, 17 runs for bracers.

If i had those i would be hit capped: about 4% away from it and i can still reforge some parts.

I don't raid yet, hence i reforged a bit away from hit, i can ofc restore that when i raid.

currently working on exalted earthen ring for gloves and therazane for enchant.

[Deleted]

solid mage as far as i see.
enchant your staff and try to geht your socket bonus in your robe.
I hope my english is not to bad, not my original language

My Mage:
/wow/en/character/nathrezim/ichtis/
can´t post the link...
I usuly wear the + hit trinket from hero hoo first boss in raids

[Hiphophippie]

couldnt find your mage, ichtis =(

Here's mine:
us.battle.net/wow/en/character/rexxar/funkeesapien/simple. i have another 346 hat i use, but this one keeps me hit capped for now

[Dazzert]

Not bad, keep working on the head/shoulder enchants.
I'd recommend the hit rating enchant over the crit one if you aren't hit capped yet.
Gemming is good, maybe use a 20int 20hit gem instead of the 40 hit one unless you really need to hit.

Here's my mage=)
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...zzert/advanced
(I'm aware of Power Torrent, have the mats ready just waiting for a 359 pve weapon)

[Gnomity]

Not bad, keep working on the head/shoulder enchants.
I'd recommend the hit rating enchant over the crit one if you aren't hit capped yet.
Gemming is good, maybe use a 20int 20hit gem instead of the 40 hit one unless you really need to hit.

Here's my mage=)
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...zzert/advanced
(I'm aware of Power Torrent, have the mats ready just waiting for a 359 pve weapon)

All in all, looks very good. One thing to note is you can drop 1 point from Pyromaniac, as the talent is currently bugged so that if you have 1 point, you get 5% haste all the time, but still get the other 5% haste from having dots on 3 targets. This haste wont show on your character screen but you can test by casting Fireball (or teleport to really see it since its such a long cast). Given the mana issues I have I'd drop that point in clearcasting for the little extra fireball/burn time you can get out of it and reduce the time spent scorching.



Yeah, I also know about Power Torrent and am also just waiting on a PvE weapon

[Deleted]

All in all, looks very good. One thing to note is you can drop 1 point from Pyromaniac, as the talent is currently bugged so that if you have 1 point, you get 5% haste all the time, but still get the other 5% haste from having dots on 3 targets. This haste wont show on your character screen but you can test by casting Fireball (or teleport to really see it since its such a long cast). Given the mana issues I have I'd drop that point in clearcasting for the little extra fireball/burn time you can get out of it and reduce the time spent scorching.

My Mage: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...worgity/simple

Yeah, I also know about Power Torrent and am also just waiting on a PvE weapon

so enchant with Hurricane
Gear seems ok.
pyromaniac bug used, mhm
NO LEGS ENCHANT! even the cheap one
same for chest

here is mine,m know about hit and 2x333 - just baaad luck ;/

http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/characte...ritcake/simple

[Tassir]

Lookin good. all gemmed and geared correctly, except Power torrent of course.

Although I do wonder why you opted to grab those legs off of magmaw. I personally would have waited for tier.

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte.../tassir/simple

Like gnomity, I'm waiting for real drops before spending on power torrent and lavawalker. I also reforged out of haste, due to the pyro bug.

[cachemaster]

This sounds like a great idea!

All in all, looks very good. One thing to note is you can drop 1 point from Pyromaniac, as the talent is currently bugged so that if you have 1 point, you get 5% haste all the time, but still get the other 5% haste from having dots on 3 targets. This haste wont show on your character screen but you can test by casting Fireball (or teleport to really see it since its such a long cast). Given the mana issues I have I'd drop that point in clearcasting for the little extra fireball/burn time you can get out of it and reduce the time spent scorching.

My Mage: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...worgity/simple

Yeah, I also know about Power Torrent and am also just waiting on a PvE weapon

- Reforge the haste on your cloak to mastery.
- Get +15 stats to chest, very easy mats.
- Missing leg enchant (Stam + int)
- You have a few uncommon quality gems, you should replace them with rare gems.
- Your missing 2 Brilliant Chimeras Eyes in your gear



Ok my mage: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...emage/advanced

[spiny]

Lookin good. all gemmed and geared correctly, except Power torrent of course.

Although I do wonder why you opted to grab those legs off of magmaw. I personally would have waited for tier.

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte.../tassir/simple

Like gnomity, I'm waiting for real drops before spending on power torrent and lavawalker. I also reforged out of haste, due to the pyro bug.

Good stuff. Sims tell me that 63SP is still better than Hurricane, you might check that out and see if it applies to you.

Also, INT > hit, so unless you're being depended on for interrupts, I'd say you're probably better off being under 17% than over. I could be totally wrong here, but simcraft and rawr seem to agree with my personal setup.

Nothing else i can think of :/

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/durotan/acks/

[nemex]

Good stuff. Sims tell me that 63SP is still better than Hurricane, you might check that out and see if it applies to you.

Also, INT > hit, so unless you're being depended on for interrupts, I'd say you're probably better off being under 17% than over. I could be totally wrong here, but simcraft and rawr seem to agree with my personal setup.

Nothing else i can think of :/

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/durotan/acks/

Can't really see anything blatantly wrong. Only thing I disagree with is using Cauterize. My personal stance on it is that it's a burden more than a life-saver. Having it for means of a delayed-reaction Iceblock is just an excuse for poor play, and allowing it to proc is a headache on healers and you're better off wasting Iceblock to remove the DoT. Relying on healers to put emergency heals on you for it just doesn't work on progression.

My armory is in my sig.

[spiny]

Can't really see anything blatantly wrong. Only thing I disagree with is using Cauterize. My personal stance on it is that it's a burden more than a life-saver. Having it for means of a delayed-reaction Iceblock is just an excuse for poor play, and allowing it to proc is a headache on healers and you're better off wasting Iceblock to remove the DoT. Relying on healers to put emergency heals on you for it just doesn't work on progression.

My armory is in my sig.

I have to disagree on Cauterize.

"poor play" isn't a fair critique as many fights put survival squarely on the shoulders of healers, and your iceblock is only really usable once per fight. As for the dot being a headache on healers, the fact is if it procced then you'd be dead. So having a dot that *might* kill you is a heck of a lot better than being dead. Also, either a healthstone, a tick of a bandage+some form of an aoe/hot heal will keep you alive without having to use Iceblock.

Ive saved myself on Chimeron, Captain planet and a few other fights with cauterize already and ive only been fire for a few days. The key decision factor for Cauterize is, imo, not a personal one but rather: How pro are your healers? If they are prone to standing in fires or getting distracted, Cauterize is the difference between life and death.

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http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/characte...becka/advanced