Originally Posted by
jaakkeli
If anything, the statistics are showing that mages are NOT at all an "OP class", in fact they are an underpowered CLASS. Mage and warrior really have only one arena spec so of course you're going to see their one viable arena spec massively overrepresented compared to classes with 3 arena specs to choose from. With eleven classes in game the expected representation at perfect balance would be 9.3 % each class and mages are hardly drastically above that.
Compare for example the 9.6 % + 3.9 % + 0.4 % representation of paladins, well above mages. Druids are above mages. Shamans are above mages as well. Warriors too. If anything, mages are an average class. Given that these ratings were done mostly long before the recent mage nerfs, I think we can all agree now that mages are in desperate need of major buffs.
If arcane mages are doing worse than DPS monks it's hard to see how the class could be considered OP.