What is the stat priority for frost on beta looking like now?
If we use TV and Icy Veins glyph, does it become better than PC (without skada bug?). Someone mentioned somewhere that you could pretty much have 100% uptime of TV, so I was wondering if the sustained dmg you get from that would outweigh the dps you get from PC's burst.
IIRC the ridiculous uptimes were obtained with FO/Imp Blizz + TV on the beastlord, which has a ton of adds. I suppose you could get 100% IV time if you just spam IL with TV, but I can't imagine that being good DPS.
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Until you start wasting MS with it, my guess is yes.
Last edited by Frost1129; 2014-08-06 at 11:39 PM.
The only time it would be smart to Blizzard a single target is if you used it too early and you'll need it for a pack of adds to come. Yes, it'll be a loss of DPS, but if it's for the good of your raid, you should do it to prevent a wipe
FB is going to be nerfed; it's already known to be too good. MI and PC are already known to be very good, and might get nerfed (or the others buffed).
Still wondering why I play this game.
I'm a Rogue and I also made a spreadsheet for the Order Hall that is updated for BfA.
Sounds interesting, one of my higher used toons is a frost mage. as for all this what should i do, how should i spec, etc. TO much goes into all this, I'm not a hardcore raider but I'm decent, and to this i say, play how you want to play, have fun, if the guild or raid group you're in is whining about the 1 or 2 percent extra damage you could be doing, leave. The game has gone from having fun and still doing good and not messing up in raids to who has the highest dps, no fun, just burn through everything. Do what spells and rotations feel correct to you.
Not everyone derives their enjoyment from the same things you do (and vise versa). Some want to do the best they can, so they will always come looking for advice on optimal play. That being said, it's a bit silly to be looking to min/max un-tuned classes for un-tuned bosses
A raid environment that pushes you for the extra few percent isn't a bad thing to everyone, some of us enjoy it.
Yeah I know. But still, I find it fun to do the best I can regardless of whether the numbers are un-tuned or not. And I'm kinda wishful thinking that the frost numbers stay similar to what they are atm so that I can keep playing with a similar playstyle. Dat PC/FB/FO burst is pretty neat.
I've been trying out frost in dungeons and i'm not really sure what to do in an aoe situation where your frozen orb/ crystal are on cd. I've just been casting frost bomb then blizzard then spamming IL procs into the frost bomb target? or is it better to just keep spamming frostbolt instead of blizzard?
Glyphed CoC, Blizzard until targets are close to dying... then, IL on FB targets on highest hp mobs.
Sometimes it depends on how many targets there are. You may be better off single targeting with Frost bolt, IL'ing FB's... or, just spam Blizzard all the way if there are 5+ targets. I'm not really sure what's the most optimal, but it's always worth using your FoF procs on FB's if you have em up, though sometimes it's not worth getting a FB up to use IL's, since you would be better off spamming Blizzard. It's situational business, more or less i'd say.
*Waiting for Artifact Knowledge work orders*
Blizzard's going to be very "meh" until we get to play with the perk that reduces Orb's cooldown, and even then, it'll only be good against larger packs of mobs (especially those with high amounts of health to greatly reduce Orb's CD, or very low amounts as it can then kill them quickly, esp if paired with a bomb or IN).
Still wondering why I play this game.
I'm a Rogue and I also made a spreadsheet for the Order Hall that is updated for BfA.