Originally Posted by
Goliethlol
I'm not sure how you can consider mage armor to be overpowered in an arena setting. Mage vs any other caster in an arena setting is fairly balanced, if not in favor of the opposing caster (aside from maybe boomkins). With LoS in an arena, a mage should never beat a shadow priest, nor a disc priest. Destro and affliction are both even match ups, and I'd even say that the affliction lock should win with LoS. Without mage armor, there would be no way a mage would even have a chance.
Also, our survivability is different from other caster classes. Mages are not designed to tank damage, of any kind. Shadow priests, warlocks, ele shamans, etc, all have abilities that help them with direct damage onto them. Mages are built around the ability to kite melee and avoid damage. They have no real defense once someone is actually one them. This is why the Hunter vs Mage match up is so retard and in favor of the one physical class that will always have 100% damage time on the mage. If you ever actually get on a mage, as any dps class, they will die faster than any other caster.