Comments on: Attention Mages: Calm Down About Spirit!

By: Dynasor

Dynasor — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:05:34 +0000

My numbers were on Molten Armor alone, not including the bonus from the glyph, because your statement seemed to indicate that you thought Molten Armor alone giving 10% would be attainable. In any case, they’ve fixed both the armor and the glyph now.

By: Spicytuna » Blog Archive » PTR Patch 3.1.0 - Newest Build Give Mages Buffs

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:23:28 +0000

[...] I said before, I was fine with the last Molten Armor change, but I’m not going to complain if Blizzard is [...]

By: Tuna

Tuna — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:30:54 +0000

10% was just an exaggeration, but it still isn’t going to be unattainable. To break even with our current Molten Armor + Glyph, you would need 574 Spirit. If you are a raiding Mage, that number shouldn’t be hard to get, and you should have close to that with your gear + raid buffs.

That picture I posted up top is me in my current gear with 3/3 Student of the Mind, with raid buffs. I’m at 747 Spirit, which gives me 6.5% crit, which is more than what the current Molten Armor is giving me.

1800 Spirit would give you 15.68% crit. 10% crit would require 1147.75 Spirit. Do I see myself getting close to 1000 Spirit with raid buffs, in 2-3 Tier levels of gear? Yea I do.

We won’t be dependent on Spirit. We won’t be actively seeking Spirit gear. We’ll continue to grab gear based on solely Spell Power, Hit, Crit, and Haste. Spirit, like Stamina, will just be something we grab along the way.

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Honest (S)crap Award « Armaggedon’s coming — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:03:16 +0000

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By: Dynasor

Dynasor — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:01:17 +0000

It takes 550 Spirit to get 3% crit from your molten Armor with the new changes. To get 10% would require over 1800 Spirit. Most mages, even Arcane mages, barely have the 550 they need to keep this from being a nerf now, so suggesting that they will be able to more than triple that amount through only 2 tier levels of content seems highly inaccurate to me. You also didn’t mention the change to the Glyph of Molten Armor. Instead of a flat 2% crit increase, it is now 15% of your spirit as additional crit rating. If you have the 550 Spirit needed to bring Molten Armor up to the current 3%, your glyph will only grant 1.8% additional on top of that. The complaint is very simple….instead of making the Spirit we’ve already had to take and carry on our gear useful to us, they made us dependent on Spirit and made it so that what we have already isn’t nearly enough.

By: krizzlybear

krizzlybear — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:37:18 +0000

/SIGNED I just feel dumb for avoiding spirit gear like the plague. I'm at a measly 100-ish after buffs, it's quite sad. As for levelling, I'm not so much worried about the molten armor change, but rather mana regeneration. Efficient levellers minimize drinking by letting their O5SR regen some mana while running between quest objectives. Drinking mechanics will probably either need to be changed to scale with lower levels, or simply readjust the numbers on drinks offered. Levelling being as easy at it is makes this a moot point in some ways, but it will probably be a pain on newer players. And that means less people rolling mages >.< krizzlybears last blog post..TRAINS! IN MY ZELDA! YES!

By: InspiredOgre » Blog Archive » Twit! Yo, Yo, FolloUPZ!

InspiredOgre » Blog Archive » Twit! Yo, Yo, FolloUPZ! — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:57:27 +0000

[...] same time. (Seriously, can you get away with being called Spicytuna on the interwebz?) Well Tuna did what I wantedwithout even knowing I wanted it (grats on the telepathy!) It seems I am not alone in telling people [...]