Is Arcane Missiles broken?

[JustRob]

I made a Nightborne mage recently, been ages since I played mage. Yesterday and this morning I could only use Arcane Missiles when it lighted up, and it had charges. Now I can just spam it until I'm out of mana. Which is pretty sweet since it does more damage than my other abilities. Is that intended?

[Cracked]

That's one of the arcane changes in prapatch...

[Deleted]

yes but unless you have azerite traits for it using arcane missiles without clearcasting should be less dps than arcane blast rotation

[JustRob]

That's one of the arcane changes in prapatch...

I swear on baby Jesus that it had charges this morning and I couldn’t fire it until it activated

[Recom]

Step 1: log in to your mage
Step 2: open your spell book
Step 3: look for a passive called Clearcasting
Step 4: don't make a post about it

It's simple I swear.

[McFuu]

I swear on baby Jesus that it had charges this morning and I couldn’t fire it until it activated

Yeah... they fucked up Arcane, but it's not a bug.

You can cast Missiles whenever you feel, they don't generate Arcane Power or are they affected by Arcane Power.
We get a proc called Clear Casting that allows for a free Missiles cast. Just 1 proc though, no stacking it multiple times, no planning... just get a proc and use it.