08-18-2005, 06:20 PM
My main char is a frost mage and I have to say that mage DD really blows. It just doesn't scale well once you get past arond level 40 and with caster itemization in the end-game. Resists in MC to just about everything are too high. My frostbolt gets resisted quite a bit by mobs.
It's a big problem for mages that we are mostly AoE specialists with bad single target damage. AoE isn't needed much in raid instances. If Blizzard releases furture 5-15 instances where you need to AoE, it's going to become ultra-dangerous to use AoE spells. Mages aren't getting much armor and stamina from endgame gear and you're still forced to make huge tradeoffs between survivability and damage. If Blizzard release future small instances, it'll be designed for more geared up people and I don't see mages surviving using AoE that much.
As for pulling aggro, it's impossible to pull aggro off a good warrior by just doing dps once 2 conditions are satisfied. 1.)The mob has no aggro wipe abilities like knockback. 2.)You give the warrior 8-seconds to gain aggro. Conquest tried it with Itzlegend against Golemagg. A hunter even tried spamming distracting shot and couldn't get aggro.
Of course, the problem is that aggro-making abilities aren't based on damage so it's going to be harder and harder for warriors to keep aggro in later instances unless Blizzard does something.
It's a big problem for mages that we are mostly AoE specialists with bad single target damage. AoE isn't needed much in raid instances. If Blizzard releases furture 5-15 instances where you need to AoE, it's going to become ultra-dangerous to use AoE spells. Mages aren't getting much armor and stamina from endgame gear and you're still forced to make huge tradeoffs between survivability and damage. If Blizzard release future small instances, it'll be designed for more geared up people and I don't see mages surviving using AoE that much.
As for pulling aggro, it's impossible to pull aggro off a good warrior by just doing dps once 2 conditions are satisfied. 1.)The mob has no aggro wipe abilities like knockback. 2.)You give the warrior 8-seconds to gain aggro. Conquest tried it with Itzlegend against Golemagg. A hunter even tried spamming distracting shot and couldn't get aggro.
Of course, the problem is that aggro-making abilities aren't based on damage so it's going to be harder and harder for warriors to keep aggro in later instances unless Blizzard does something.