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Yup, the new revamp to mages is essentially fantastic, solving many long standing issues.
00:00 BIG Problems, Big Solutions
03:08 Mage Class
05:02 Frost Mage
07:50 Fire Mage
10:13 Arcane Mage
12:30 Remaining Problems
14:05 Should You?
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I alway wanted to play mage because I love the fantasy, but I never got into the gameplay.
Gonna give it another try now.
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when he said that frost mage would no longer have a permanent water elemental I literally yelled "NO!" outloud. I've grown so attached to my elemental after adventuring around Azeroth with him for so long lmao
I like Icy Veins the way it is. Machine Gunning my enemies with frost spells is fun.
I mean I never really thought of it, but yeah Mages have had a lot of issues, I used to play mages as my mains, I don't really seem to have a main atm in this expansion, none of them really feel much better than any of the others, which isn't necessarily bad because I enjoy playing all of them quite a bit right now.
I hope for hunter next as well, our survivability is garbage
looks at them removing Rune of Power
looks at FFXIV and Black Mage's Ley Lines which is just larger Rune of Power SEE? YOU DONT NEED TO KEEP IT! STOP CHAINING US TO A SPOT IN FIGHTS WHERE WE HAVE TO MOVE SO MUCH AAAAAAAA
Ok I'm not gonna lie, back when Legion came out and they completely remade the Survival Hunter spec, I kind of saw the potential of doing similar for other classes, but mostly for Mage. There are mage warriors in universe so why do we not have one? If any of the specs were to become it, it'd probably be Arcane imo just because they've always seemed to have trouble with Arcane since launch. Plus, it literally has a melee range AoE.
Fixing Hunter would be great. MM and BM need fixes, getting rid of double tap (iconic MM ability that the spec was built around) was a HUGE mistake and now the class is complete toast in almost every way. The core of BM with cobra shot is just highly annoying (especially with the terrible graphic for it) and the spec needs some love. Not even going to talk about Survival because i never play it and never will, not interested in sub par melee hunter that is outclassed by almost ever single melee in the game.
frost dk needs a new class gm
i have played mage since Vanilla and i currently main one. I REALLY hope it is true and we can really choose our talents. Especially for fire. I'd LOVE to be able to just use hyperthermia instead of sunkings blessing. Maybe the elongation of the sun kings buff will already be enough to make it more bearable. These short timers really stress me out and it feels absolutely horrible if you loose the buff cuz of a mechanic
TOO LITTLE too late………
Bro wth 1/3 of the Video is sponsoring.
Idc abt the rework I want my frost elemental as a permanent pet. That was the only reason I played Frost Mage
when they are fixing mistweavers -_-# we've been neglected since bfa
can somebody tell me what addon is flashing his keybinds when he is hitting the dummy ?
The issue with Rune of Power is balance. In order for it to be viable it needs to be insanely strong due to your mentioned drawbacks, so as you said, it became the default choice. Well Blizz then has to balance the ENTIRE mage kit around an ability that gives you +40% damage. Meaning our damage outside of RoP is shit tier at best. Removing it lets mages finally have the freedom to just do damage at will and I for one am pumped.
rune of power sucks ass lets make the most mobile clothie unable to move
i reckon blizz still needs to chill out on all the multipliers that 40 percent dmg increase for combustion talent as an example
As a mage player for many years, this makes me very happy to hear. I started maining mage at the end of Wrath or beginning of Cata and somewhere just around Legion's launch I finally gave up on it because Rune of Power was so unenjoyable. I would still play PvP through BfA as a mage, but it just wasn't the same. I felt like MoP frost mage was the most enjoyable, so maybe these changes will bring back some of that feeling.
For the love of God, make ice block immune to dispel and shattering throw. not everything is pve. we want pvp changes too !
but i do love the fact that FINALLY, us fire mages have our flame strike contributing to hot streak. major win for Rbgs !
Blizzard removes Rune of power.
All the casuals "yay i hated that spell, i always use it then get mechaninc :("
Seasond Mages "damn rune was really fun and rewarding."
mage YES leveling NOW been wanting to make ults for awhile so been grinding some out for extra dailies and to try other classes with the xp buff it makes now a perfect time to do so! Thanks for the content hope all is well with everyone!
hopefully warlock will be next
I've always had a special love for mages. Wows most iconic class, but I want to keep playing my hunter. Blizz makes is hard tho, I can't compete with most classes in m+. If there's a couple of hard aoe hitting classes, I can't ramp up my dmg.
I loved the idea of fire spec for Mage and the class/spec fantasy, but the massive delta between what it's capable of and what you can manage if you aren't able to pull a 100% perfect rotation every time just wasn't fun to play. I really hope these changes even that out.
I'd like some form of empowered spell for mages. Yeah, I know, it's supposed to be an Evoker-only thing, but what's stopping a fire mage from overcharging a Pyroblast to do massive, explosive AoE damage? What's keeping an ice mage from overloading a Frozen Orb to make it gigantic or freeze enemies or throw ice spikes as it traverses the battlefield? Why can't an arcane mage charge up an Arcane Explosion to have mini-novas that fire rapidly inside a dome that grows as it charges?
Rune of power is why my mage has been the same level for a few years now 😅😂
lol yeah, mages have had it so hard.
I quit Dragonflight because I rolled a mage and didn't want to go through the hassle of re-gearing when I had incarnate icon and a bunch of other BiS stuff. I was forced into Arcane by my raid team and I hated how much CD management there was. I loved Frost and despised Fire. I think they did super well with the Frost and Fire changes and I will definitely come back to try them. Arcane on the other hand hasn't had the most annoying part removed. I know CD management and DMG windows is the entire complexity of the spec but I just think certain things like Nether Tempest taking up a GCD and Radiant Spark being awkward to use makes the spec so annoying to play. Also Icy flows is just dumb, make Arcane Blast castable while moving during Radiant Spark and Arcane Power windows and the spec would feel so much better.
Now we need a glyph to change the ugly blue colour so we can feel more like a fire mage :>
I actually stopped playing because I felt I didn't belong when Mage was my class I am stoked for this
I think I possible, if Aug invoker succeeds, that several specs will be turned into support dps. Arcane could be a potential spec for such a change and i think it could fit thematically with its shields and time manipulation.
As for how players would feel about that change, I don't know how that would go. They could just sabotage arcane for a bit then change it to support and people would love it.
Looks like Frost Mage might be useful outside of BGs.
Maybe they can remove Time Warp as well, so they don't steal Shaman's signature spell.
fire nerf inc on Wednesday
idk, more complexity doesn't automatically mean more fun, not to me.
I hope they are brave enough to rework Hunter next. The specs have dwindled down to mind-numbing nonsense after years of barely any fundamental changes.
This whole video is just NEGATIVE, WHINING, NEGATIVE
Geezuz man….lol FFS Stop bitching
As a long time frost mage, the removal of the Water Elemental is dividing our class community. It’s a terrible change that should had been optional by a talent tree. Many of us liked and used the WE in different scenarios from leveling, soloing content or dealing with bosses. It was so hard just to add this new icy vein as a new talent instead? So complex to simply allow our WE to be kept as always AS a choice? I recently returned to the game unaware of this terrible decision, and so I cancelled my subscription immediately after trying the changes. I’m sorry but by forcing a change like this Blizz once again took the fun and uniqueness of a class many people were enjoying. There was no reason to remove the WE, made it a choice instead. Until then, I recommend other games like FFXIV and GW2 who at least have casters/mage classes with elemental pets and respect your time and character. Sorry, warlocks by their lore are not the same to mages. Nothing against them, although I heard their lost a pet as well… Make the fight too! Return our pets Blizzard!
Fire mage the most fun character to play with a healer.
I actually came back to the game when I found out they removed Rune of Power