I realized there is an awful lot of hit on Tier 8 and as an arcane mage im finding i dont need it all.
Now i was thinking about set bonus's.
(2) Set: Your Arcane Blast, Frostbolt, Frostfire Bolt, and Fireball spells have a chance to grant you 350 spell power for 15 sec.
(4) Set: You have a chance for the effects of your Missile Barrage, Hot Streak, or Brain Freeze talent not to be consumed when you cast the spells which benefit.
The 4 set is damn nice for Fire...but iffy for Arcane imo.
I will still prefer to get 3Ab Debuffs before i missile barrage...and i dont particularly feel its worth the mana to just be doing Abx1 or 2 and then missiles To ensure i use all procs.
Now our Tier 7 set bonus
(2) Set: You gain 40% more mana when you use a mana gem. In addition, using a mana gem grants you 225 spell power for 15 sec.
(4) Set: Your offensive spells gain an additional 5% increased critical strike damage.
That 2 Set is still very damn nice for arcane.
Does anybody else feel it would be more viable to go 2 Set Tier7+2set Tier 8? instead of 4 set Tier8?
Or would it still be more viable for me to stick with 4 set and just get 3Debuffs anyway and always have barrage up (or for most the time).
I haven't reviewed all the cloth pieces in ulduar so i am not 100% sure if there is anything else more viable.
I am aiming to use Tier 8 Shoulders, but am in the process of deciding which other tier 8 peice to wear and or other 2 Tier 7 peices to keep.
Has anybody else thought about this?