Originally Posted by
Redknot
I play rogue as my main, but my mage is my main alt. So naturally I also look up theorycrafting for mage as well. The mages in my main raid, who rank on almost every 25m fight, are stacking haste until soft cap. The object to reach is 1 sec Arcane Blast during Hero/Warp/Lust. There is a formula you can use for your current gear to find that soft haste cap.
The mages I've seen that AREN'T gemming/reforging to haste soft cap, are mages that have Shard of Woe (trink of Sinestra). The mages that ARE reforging/gemming for haste cap are mages who do not have that trink. But I'm unsure if this is the real reason. With that haste every 2 min it might not even matter, so mastery outweighs it. So the mages that are stacking mastery, look to see if they have that trink. All I can tell ya. I will be following this thread as well for some nice tips from experienced mages.