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orangbulu
post Mar 6 2008, 09:56 PM

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QUOTE(saingau @ Mar 6 2008, 08:40 PM)
Dont just look at +hit, crit, dmg. Biggest problem with mages is their super squishiness. What differentiates a mage lying on the floor vs one thats still dpsing on a boss fight is the stats on the gear, ie. stamina and all.
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Know the fight and you wont die. they have IB now anyway. From a warlock's point of view, the FSW set totally owns t4. You dont heally have to focus on sta untill you hit vashj kael, untill then you should have a decent amount of T5 gear.
orangbulu
post Mar 6 2008, 11:09 PM

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Yea new patch now, all mages have iceblock, the iceblock tallent was replaced by icy veins i think
orangbulu
post Mar 7 2008, 01:25 PM

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QUOTE(saingau @ Mar 7 2008, 05:20 AM)
When you are new to the fight and have never done it before, you will definite get hit by the shit the boss tosses at you. Granted, most inc damage can be avoided... but lemme give u some scenarios...

1. Tell me which person has never EVER gotten hit by.. say spout from Lurker before (when they were still learning the fight) ?

2. Alar flamepatch - you can blink out fast nuff, or run out fast nuff, but the debuff is ticking (3000 per tick). That extra hp will keep you alive long enough for a heal to land (provided u get one).

3. Solarian blinding light (2500) then mage unfortunately is targetted for arcane missiles (3 waves of 3000 dmg) for a total of 11500 dmg. The mage will be lucky if his healers are on the ball else he's kissing the floor.

I agree with you guys that knowing the fight, being alert its all important. Also, equally important is having that extra length in your hp bar which effectively extends your life/dps. Just gotta find a balance between survivability and dps output.
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1. Me haha, seriously, im not trying to brag, but i have never been hit by spout

2. mages have iceblock now, and DBM warns you when you are targeted.

3. Again, DBM warns you when u will get the missles, so you can IB before that

But i will agree, you need to balance HP and DPS, because if you die, ur dps = 0. However, spellstrike + spellfire has been used by many magi for T5 content, but you MUST replace them with T5 when you have the chance to do so. Maybe when you are learning the fight, you can stack a bit of sta gear, but when you are comfortable with it, just change back to spell fire.


 

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