Originally Posted by
Styxz
I think arcane is awesome now so I'd suggest rollin with that and a frost spec.
Frost has to have some of the best aoe in the game right now. It's redic. And the spec is extremely mobile with all of the procs. Very twitch though (just like in Cata). If your latency sucks you might have some issues with frost.
Arcane probably has my favorite priority/rotation these days. It took me a bit to get used to it, but the spec is damn fun and surely has the highest crits. Hell, I've seen 130k hits with barrage. I think my highest crit was 270k. Arcane is the spec to go for those big numbers for sure. It also has great aoe, provided the mobs live long enough. Better than fire imo.
Fire just isn't very fun imo. It hasnt ever really been much fun. The insane nerfs to aoe definitely didnt help. I will say that fire is the prefect middle ground of mage specs. It is mobile, simple and effective. A great combo for progression; especially if you have trouble learning mechanics and executing dps rotations (which is perfectly normal).
Tbh, all the specs have their lane, but none of them feel over or underpowered anymore. We really are in a place where you can play what you want and stand a chance of doing well.
EDIT: It's late and I'm tired af. Sorry for any errors or anything.