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    About to hit 90, Not sure what path to take

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    Short and Sweet I'm about to hit 90 on my first mage ever and I'm extremely confused on what Spec I should go. I know you need a certain amount of haste in order to be decent at fire and not sure of much else regarding. I just thought it would be easier to ask what path to take so I can start gearing the right way off the bat. Thanks

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    You don't need haste for Fire, but you will need a huge amount of crit of Fire. This is absolutely not reachable if you are fresh 90. Huge amount means something like 40%. And even the I would say specs are not that far apart from each other. Maybe you will see some different numbers in high end T15 (540+), but no big difference before. I would recommend you to go Frost with max haste. Have a look Kunis Frost mage guide. It is sticky on the mage forum here and provides all the information you really need for Frost.

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    I'd recommend starting off as frost, then make the switch to fire when you have the proper level of crit.

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    Definitely start as Frost. It's good for low gear levels and it's also very strong DPS for heroic dungeons.

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    Play the spec you find the most fun because the small differences in damage are completely meaningless unless you're a heroic raider. Once you decide on a spec go look up the guides.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crete View Post
    Play the spec you find the most fun because the small differences in damage are completely meaningless unless you're a heroic raider. Once you decide on a spec go look up the guides.
    Except Fire is virtually unplayable and not fun without a large amount of Crit.

    Even if you factor out damage, Crit is a huge part of Fire's fun. Spamming Fireball is not fun. Pyroblasts are fun.

    If you enjoy standing still spamming a single spell, then Arcane is for you instead.
    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.

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    frost is good, you'll be doing heroic dungeons and lfr raids for the most part. and frost excells at both of those. mostly cause u can kill trash fast and therefore do dungeons faster. anyway. i wouldnt recommend arcane as its shit now and fire is super gear based. so just stay frost.

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    Frost 'till you get enough gear to make fire better. frost is still good but fire -- if well played -- will blow frost away.

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    Frost! way to go!

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