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With the new Mark of Aluneth trait, I find myself having to use Arcane Barrage a lot less. Because of this I'm not really worried about not having the Kilt; except for heavy AoE encounters. For those AoE encounters, thinking Spellblade/Tich, I think Kilt would be better than clinging to 2pc T19. Hav...

I'm happy with the shard change, but am quite curious about the Cord. I assume the belt will act in a way that it will give 5% (or 8% with a Rule of Threes proc) for each missile charge. I imagine there is a cap, maybe 50 or 100%? I can see it having potential on sturdy AoE phases such as Spellblade...

These set bonuses are pretty silly. Arcane's burst is already pretty good with Overpowered+Rune; adding another % modifier to the mix is just asking for trouble. This also puts even more emphasis on having Shard of the Exodar, which is already a pretty absurd legendary for ST Arcane. I could see Bra...

@m3nsky Tough to say at this point. I'm not sure which is more beneficial: more sustained cleave, or more burst cleave. If AP needs to be used during down phase to help everybody to get a buff, then Overpowered would be more beneficial over AO. If add dps in the day phase is more important(Which is ...

Greetings, I am Deltoramasta of Whisperwind. I have been a mage since I can remember and have always enjoyed the playstyles it offers. I've always closely followed the discussions and thought provoking conversations of Altered-time, but have not actively participated until recently. Its time to thro...

Greetings, Regarding Resonance V. Charged Up: I agree the difference between them is not that noticeable. I used Resonance on every fight in heroic (I went in blind) and only found it to be "meh" on Krosus and Trill; I'd consider running CU on them. Having the free extra cleave on Arcane Barrage is ...