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tetete that is exactly how gearing and stat weights work, when you are seeking to increase your DPS via stat changes you look at which stats give you the highest DPS increase relative to your current stats. I think its totally valid to argue that Mastery's relative increase is a lot lower than other...

I hope they change it too, has there been a post on the forums about it? 2pc is fine IMO, just needs some QoL fixing -- your 8% damage buff will be replaced by a lower % buff if you happen to Barrage again after, with less charges. 4pc is garbage as usual, like every other set bonus this tier. The p...

Amazing, thank you so much for making this, we've needed a new guide for ages. One last thing that would be helpful is if you posted an example opener and/or video of 2/3 minutes of someone executing the rotation, including burn, conserve, and CDs, with and without kilt/spiral/rhonin's etc -- I tota...

AFAIK not yet, a new guide could be quite helpful. Our talents/legendary meta hasn't really changed much, but it would ideally help to have a guide written by a mythic raider who actually mains Arcane (and doesn't dabble in it for shits and giggles on mythic farm). If you do decide to write the guid...

@Forrader Thanks for the quote from discord. However, I did spend few hours testing both setups on dummy. And I was always getting slightly worse results with Kilt + Archmage. Kilt + Archmage is save option that is cool for progression, but if you want to pull more serious numbers you want to go wi...

@Cames on paper it feels like a good idea, but the extra burst damage from AMs during your burst window often outweighs the extra mana you save. Because of so many stacking %dmg modifiers AM's DPS is absolutely massive. For example, assuming godlike RNG with Amplification, RoP, OP, Erosion, t20 2pie...

I do the same as Forrader, and with BL it's easy to fit in the 2 instant ABs + any AMs you generate in the 6s buff window. Without BL I generally prioritise AM > AB after I cast PoM -- a TotM proc would technically do more damage but it's kinda RNG.

I'd love to try out these shoulders. For consistent AoE/cleave I would totally use them, but for burst AoE I still wonder if Cord outshines it, plus Cord frees up a tier slot. Cord is weaker than mantles. For burst aoe you want shard + kilt. Plenty of people in Tich/Spellblade etc logs have pushed ...

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. Ha...

I'd love to try out these shoulders. For consistent AoE/cleave I would totally use them, but for burst AoE I still wonder if Cord outshines it, plus Cord frees up a tier slot.

Still waiting on sims. The ring isn't going to change our playstyle in any meaningful way so it's just a matter of seeing if the faster ABs actually translate to significantly more DPS. From testing it on the PTR it synergises nicely with the current meta of using Overpowered, but hard to say if it'...

Why was it to be expected? That's clearly a bug because it still counts the player as having launched it. It doesn't generate charges or AMs on launch so this is different functionality from the talent, unlike all the other ones for other specs which operate in the exact same manner as the original...

Just tested the shoulders with a few legendary combos (new ring, bracers, kilt mainly) against a boss dummy. DPS values varied a lot (@ 912 it was anywhere between 850k-1M over 4 minutes) cause my UI isn't set up very well and I was still testing out the t20 bonuses. - The AO will only generate a si...

I mean, it's cool that it'll be powerful in AoE and it sounds fun to use in M+ especially. From a raiding perspective we're already a spec that excels at burst AoE... even without Resonance / AO / Cord etc, AE spamming on a rune is already some of the best burst AoE in the game. On ST it won't be te...

New Legendary on the way! Mantle of the First Kirin Tor Item Level 910 Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped: Legion Legendary (1) ShouldersCloth 242 Armor +1,786 Intellect +2,680 Stamina +689 Critical Strike (5.51% at L101) +597 Haste (5.24% at L101) Equip: Arcane Barrage has a 15% chance per Arcane...

Mastery should be a good burn phase stat, seeing how it increases mana pool and gets max value at 4 charges (i.e. burn phase) but it really is just mathematically undertuned at the moment. I would love if they massively buffed it. Not to Arms warrior levels, but to make it more desirable - would mak...

I'm not very convinced by the results either, very strange suggestions. I'll try to be as brief as possible, but if we forego the sims and talk about logs and the experience of most raiding Arcane mages this past tier, generally you'll find that Crit + Vers are the best stats to target, given that y...

The problem with TF is that it only affects Arcane Blast, i.e. the only spell which actually drains your mana. Pure haste can increase your overall DPS, namely during AP, but faster ABs simply speeds up your burn phase -- it doesn't directly increase the total damage you do during your burn phase. T...

Perhaps try again with amplification? I remember the math on WoP being really bad when some people discussed it in 7.1. It was something like 2-3 more missiles proc at the cost of AF mana (and MoA damage). You might see better results. I do like trying to work around MoA+RoP on cd, but that can be ...

I've been hammering away at a target dummy today cuz I was bored, and I've been toying around with "infinite" burn phases. At 909 w/ Rhonin's + GS, WoP + Rune + Supernova + Erosion + OP, I can average 780-800k DPS over 6+ minute pure burn phases (time until I have to barrage basically - I only tried...