Hey guys,
This is me: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...Nezhara/simple
I'm a new mage and I have to say, I've absolutely fallen in love with the class. I main a druid but I have such an obscene amount more fun on my mage that I barely want to play my main.
I have a problem however, all the love (and luck) in the world isn't helping the fact that I do 130k DPS at iLvl 832 with 49% crit. Single target, of course, it's not hard to press living bomb.
Now I'm not looking for a diagnosis, as I haven't raided and have no logs to show, but I have some pointed questions that I wouldn't mind a solid answer to. Oh, and if someone feels the need to tell me I'm bad and don't deserve the ring I got yesterday, I don't blame you / think you're wrong.
1) RoP question: When is the optimal time to use the second RoP? What should I be looking for before using it? Is it more important to have a period of time where I can stand still for most of it or is it more important to have 2 stack FB and Flame On available?
2) Phoenix Flames: I don't get it, this has to be THE most clunky ability I've ever seen and I have no doubt that a lot of my DPS problems stem from here. So take this situation as an example:
- No Flame on
- No Fire Blast available in the next GCD
- Heating up Proc
- Mid fireball cast
- PF about to cap at three stacks
Now, according to Rinoa's guide, we should never let flames cap at three stacks but, evaluating this situation in my mind, I see two options and only one of them is good.
- Fireball doesn't crit, removes heating up, flames crits and I'm back to casting fireball and praying (although, it's likely that given the GCD eaten by the flames cast that I'd have a Fire Blast to follow up with so I'd jump back into the rotation)
- Fireball crits, Phoenix Flames Goes off, I now am delaying my Hot Streak by the remaining GCD triggered by Phoenix Flames. This seems not as bad as the previous case, but still obnoxious.
Maybe I'm over analyzing but I'm pretty sure my problem lies either with my PF usage or my fireball thought process, which I'll get to in a moment.
3) Combustion: Given Kindling, how much should I delay this to line it up with Flame On?
4) Fireball : (where I'm sure my issue is). We've all had those cases where we get lucky and have a Heating Up proc, cast a Fire Blast mid cast, Proc Hot Streak, and then both our fireball and Pyro crits. Then we're stuck on GCD with a Hot Streak proc. My question is this: Is it better to cast a Fireball before using this Hot Streak proc? Or should I just fire it off and Fireball after? This is mostly relevant on fights like Nethendra where you stand close to the boss and have the result of your fireball + Pyro before such a time as you should already be casting fireball.
I really thank anyone who takes the time to read that and help me out, I truly appreciate it!