Originally Posted by
Eihwaz
I've seen a lot of fire mage being happy to be at 65/70k+ dps on a single target / low movement fight (assuming a 485+ ilvl). Those numbers can easily be top dps in LFRs, and casual raids. However, we can aggree those are pretty crappy numbers.
Most of em still think Fire is the top spec, they do not want / don't have the time to learn a new spec, fish for some new gear, regem/enchant their gear, and are still toping meters.
Playing fire is pretty attractive too, big numbers, instants, nice mobility, nice burst, and pretty braindead to play if you are playing it at its most basic lvl (IB when crit then instant pyro), most of the mage dont even know how Comb/Ignite works and still throw the most pyros possible praying for a nice combu.
Fire was FotM for a long time, completly destroying meters, if you do not keep yourself informed via forums, you might still think fire is outdpsing other spec even after the nerf.
The only arcane spec'd mage I see are in our top guilds, the rest is still fire.
Combine this with what 9 out of 10 people thinks about arcane spec (3 button braindead spec)...