Wrath Event Gives us a Taste…

A taste of the server lag we should be expecting when we all march on over to Northrend that is, and it does not look too good for us. The event was cool and everything, but the lag was awful. And this was with about 40-50 players at the event.
For those who are not familiar [...]

A Quick Look at Quest Rewards for Wrath

To assure more readers that Wrath Won’t Replace All Your Epics, here is a look at some of the quest rewards you will be seeing as you level up in Northrend.

The first two areas of Northrend is Borean Tundra and Howling Fjord, both are starting areas which are for players levels 68-72. These zones are [...]

Wrath Won’t Replace All Your Epics

With the Wrath of the Lich King expansion just around the corner, many players are afraid of getting their hard earned gear replaced by green drops. Players have stopped raiding because, “What’s the difference? Wrath is coming out soon.”

Fear not, your Purples won’t be replaced with quest Greens right away when you step into Northrend. [...]

Water Elemental gets Mage’s Spell Hit

I have posted this question before, if our Water Elemental was going to benefit from the Mage’s Spell Hit. It has now been confirmed by a Blue Post! Along with a big list of Mage questions have been asked by the Mage community, with many of them have been answered by Ghostcrawler. [src]
This might also [...]

WotLK: Build 8820 – Mage Glyphs

Woops! I forgot to give credit to MMO-Champion for this quick up to date news. They also provided us with an updated Talent Calculator to reflect the changes in the WotLK Beta Build 8820: Talent Calculator
Glyphs:

Glyph of Fireball – Increases the initial damage dealt by Fireball by 5%, but removes the damage over time effect.
Glyph [...]

WotLK: Build 8770 – Instant Cast Deep Freeze

I come back from my small trip and already there is some more tweaks to the Mage class in WotLK. The new WotLK Beta Build 8770 is out, and they were posted again by MMO-Champion.com a couple days ago, so it may be old news to you. If you haven’t taken a look at it [...]

Water Elemental Receiving Mage’s Spell Hit?

There has been a Blue Post on the WoW WotLK Beta Forums which states:
“We plan to give all pets the master’s +hit%.” [source]
Now this was posted in the Warlock’s Forum, so we aren’t too sure if this was aim specifically towards Warlocks, or to all classes with a pet. If so, not only is this [...]

Week 7/29 – Recap

World of Warcraft:
New waves of Beta Keys were given out recently, so check your emails to see if you were lucky enough to get one! Sadly I still haven’t gotten one yet. Also be careful of fake emails or scam mails. There is a nice post on the EU WoW Forums that will help you [...]

WotLK: Build 8719 – More Mage Changes

You are probably tired of reading all the changes in the Mage Talents for each Beta changes, knowing that they will most likely be changed again. Still I would like to keep posting changes because I like discussing how they affect us. Plus there is always a chance that some of these changes will be [...]

WotLK: New Beta Talent Build

New Talent Build is out for the Wrath of the Lich King beta. Also known as the Build 8681, there are new changes to many Class Talents, including Mages. I found most of the changes from MMO-Champion.com, and you can go there for more information. Here are the Mage changes from the new build:
Arcane

Arcane Subtley [...]

WotLK: Arcane Talents Changed

Looks like Blizzard has already started tweaking the Mage Talents according to the feedback they have received during Alpha and now Beta. So far only the Arcane Tree being changed. We should expect the Fire and Frost Tree to be tuned as well in the future.

New Talents look very nice.
At first glance at the new [...]

Frost Specs with the WotLK Beta Talents

Now that Alpha is over, and the Beta Phase has just started, I might as well post up the spec I will most likely take. There hasn’t been a change from what I posted with the Alpha Talents, and the Talents released in Beta, so I pretty much kept the same specs.
PvE Raiding Spec – [...]

If You Haven’t Already…

Opt-In for the Wrath of the Lich King Beta Test now! I know it has been open for awhile now, and many of you have already done so. I’m just reminding anyone else who may have forgotten, and would like to get a chance at participating in the WotLK Beta.
Thanks again to Seper who let [...]

PTR: Patch 2.4.3 – Preparing the Harbor

If you have been on the Public Test Realms, you may have noticed something going on in Stormwind. If you head on over to the Canals (between the Park and the Cathedral), you will see a small group of construction workers making some racket. What could they be doing? Preparing to build the new Stormwind [...]

WotLK: Alpha Mage Spells

Last time I went over the new WotLK Alpha Talents for Mages. This time I will go over the new Spells and Old Spells with new ranks and changes. I will also list the level you need to obtain the spell.
Let me remind you again that this is still in the Alpha Test phase, and everything [...]