I’ll have him go test out his stuff on Dr Doom. I’m not sure he has perfected his spell rotation for Fire so it would be worth it just for that.

Thanks I actually dropped like 20 dps this week, and my crit rate dropped to 46%, but it is good to know that I can put up over a 2000 dps consistantly now.

@Tankette

The problem with raiding as Frost is convincing your Guild that you can without lowering your DPS. If you guys are raiding SSC at the moment, and are trying to progress. It might be better for him to stick it out as Fire since Hydross is half immuned to Frost, and most Guilds would want to bring the “best spec’d” players to a progressing raid.

If the guild is more layed back and will allow him to come as Frost, he should give it a shot and see how well he can raid as Frost. If he has no problems keeping up with the other Fire Mages, then they should have no problem with him coming as Frost.

If the guild is more hardcore in wanting to progress, you just have to wait for the opportunity to show them how much
Frost can do. I good time may be when you start venturing into TK and start attempts on A’lar. Most Mages spec Frost or Arcane for this fight, then respec back to Fire when they’re done. He could maybe stay Frost instead of respecing back.

Doing all out DPS isn’t the only reason why Mages are brought to raids. Being a good Sheeper, a good decurser, or just an overall good Mage will get you invites. Some fights, survival is better than doing DPS. So your DPS can be slightly lower but you survive longer and do more damage overall.

Also if he has some free time. He may test out his DPS on Dr. Boom in Netherstorm. He can use Recount, a DPS Meter, and do a couple of attempts as Fire, record the outcome. Respec Frost, do the same thing, and compare the results.