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Are we no longer using AM during RoP or am I misunderstanding something?

Hey! I have been playing Arcane for a while and while I feel that I have a decent grasp on the spec in general, there are a few things I'm still unsure about. During AP+RoP, are you supposed to cast AM at all? I have been doing that, but some people suggest spamming AB is the way to go and you shoul...

Really bummed that Erosion is becoming the best talent in its tier. I don't know why they would make a change to NT to reward you for choosing a passive. That is one tuning point I hope still changes in the PTR but I doubt it will. From what I'm seeing and Frosted's charts above it looks like NT mi...

Even if you don't manage to find one, you can rest easy knowing that the Quickening playstyle won't be around much longer anyway.

But yeah, as the poster above me has said, to my knowledge there is none of those APLs around at the moment.

I've tried out the new Conserve Phase in EN and Karazhan now and I can definitely tell you that it's viable for some and not exactly viable for other bosses.

I feel like this could be a lot of fun to do if only the Quickening buff would last a bit longer than it does currently.

Just so I understand it correctly: in the throttling phase, am I supposed to spam NT on CD to fish for AM procs or do I only refresh it it when it's about to drop?

Hey guys. I was just wondering how you use RoP correctly as Arcane when you're in the Conserve Phase. Do you just do the usual Conserve rotation or are you supposed to do a mini burn phase? Thanks! @TheHeretic91 , Hello there! So, RoP is one of those spells that are used at very specific points dur...

Hey guys.

I was just wondering how you use RoP correctly as Arcane when you're in the Conserve Phase. Do you just do the usual Conserve rotation or are you supposed to do a mini burn phase?

Thanks!

I don't think it's a typo.

You cast CiS and while the cinders are traveling towards the boss you cast RoP and Combustion so your cinders get buffed by both before they hit and give you the biggest possible damage, along with a 5 stack PI buff (because all of them crit thanks to Combustion).

Hey. As clear as the single target priority is to me when playing Fire, the AoE rotation is just a giant enigma for me. When running Cinderstorm and I use RoP, I usually go LB > RoP > use PF at start for Ignite spread > CiS > Dragon's Breath > use Fire Blast to generate PB's and spend them. When RoP...

Seen a few people on the MMO-C forums say that on AoE involving 4+ targets, even without Aftershocks trait, FS pulls ahead of using Pyroblast for big Ignites. Have there been any sims that corroborate these claims or are these people just talking out of their asses? Because I can't see this being th...

Hey. I feel like I've got the Fire priority down pretty decently now, but one thing is still not clear to me: outside of Combustion, how does RoP affect your priority when it's active? Does it change the rotation at all? Some say it's best to use back to back Fireblasts and Phoenix Flames casts to f...

Comments on wowhead confirm that you'll always get one relevant to your current spec first, then random ones.

I'm really interested to see if any of the heirloom trinkets are going to be BiS, though I'd be surprised if they turn out to be better than Mythic PoF or class trinket.

I can see them outdamaging the heroic version of those items, however.

Hey guys. Something I've been wondering about regarding the Arcane burn phase: I know that you're supposed to burst until you're at ~50% mana, then Evo and do the conservation phase. But what if you're bursting and for whatever reason (weird proc luck, unexpected movement, stuff like that) your Arca...

1) It depends on the type of AoE. It really depended on the fight. For example on iskar, I used NT, but on fights like kormrok and Hellfire assault I used SN since the adds lived very short. Basically: - Very short lived adds: SN - Adds that are alive a long time: NT 2) 2+ (Without Tome) 3) Just po...

Hey guys. I do understand the general AoE priority, but there are some things that are unclear to me still. 1) I don't have the Tome of Shifting Words yet, so I assume that means that I have to use Nether Tempest as my lvl 75 talent when there's any kind of AoE. Is that correct? And once I get the T...

Any news regarding how big the buff to the Undead racial has been? I haven't seen any "official" sims so far, but maybe someone here more proficient with SimCraft than me has done some sims themselves?

That's something I'm very much interested in myself.

I love playing Undead, they're easily my most favorite race. If this buff is significant, I'd be extremely happy, because as it stands right now, i believe the Forsaken racial is the worst in terms of DPS for nearly all DPS specs in the game.

I'm confused regarding the right way to do the opener when you have PC and the 2pc and 4pc bonus. Do you still wait until you have a Pyroblast! proc and heating up before casting PC? If I do that and the 4pc bonus procs, then I have to waste a GCD casting PC and one instant Pyro goes to waste. But i...