Hunter or Mage?

[Cyrsius]

Which is better for arenas/bgs hunter or mage?

[Ormula]

Uh. Neither. Play what you want to play. Both are viable in a wide range of comps.

Mages will probably be more OP for cata though since they get a bloodlust/heroism.

[ThunderBlunder]

frost mage and hunter in any spec.

[Deleted]

Not this again...
Mages are always the best!
There's no such thing as a paper-scissor-rock thing when it comes to classes in WoW, if you have ever read any threads or blue posts you will clearly see 99% of them are about class balancing aka. classes being equal. Sure some classes are better than others in given situations.

Play the class you like the most, not the class other people tell you is the best.

[Sesshomaru]

If you want a 2 button class, go for Mage.
And if you want a 2 button class, go for Hunter.

Wait... That didn't come out right..

Anyhow, you should play the class you like. I myself love playing Mage, why? It's fun! But it's you who ends up playing.

Edit: Spelling.. Somehow, my brain isn't functioning.

[darkdestiny]

I'm not going to tell you what class is more OP but..... Frost Mage is probably the most well thought out balanced class in the game, so far they have good burst as well as good survivability and you rarely hear anyone who plays a frost Mage complain about the class..... and I'll just leave it at that.

[Cloral300]

I would personally go with mage. You might not like the focus change.

[Balduvian]

The OP doesn't ask for what class to level, he asks which is better for BG's/arena's.

So, simply answering the question with the only true answer:

Mage.

[Quinny]

Arena: Mage
BG: Hunter (lol 51 yard kill shot on the flag carrier)