I believe my gems are correct except for the fact that most of my gear isn't enchanted.
I believe I follow the correct rotation. (arcane power, trinket, herbalism haste buff, mirror images, AB spam un til around 90% mana, arcane torrent and mana gem, at 35% evocation, use presence of mind whenever possible, at 35% again fire orb and arcane missles spam until the boss has a comfortable health pool where I feel I should start casting AB again.)
What am I doing wrong? I can only do about 11-12k on heroic dungeon trash pulls and I do about 16-22k on bosses.
On raids I do about the same, maybe a few k higher.
But I get out DPSed by warriors, DKs, Druids, other Mages, Rogues, and pretty much everyone else.
Hey, on trash, if there is more then 3 mobs then do this
Get 4 stacks of arcane blast,
Run in and use arcane explosion, The buff increases it's damage by 40% (52% with glyph)
It only lasts 5 seconds though so you might have to recast arcane blast at then end (Like 1 or 2 secs left of buff)
It gets my dps like 20k on trash.
And your gear is very similar to mine.
reforge your haste into hit until you're capped, that'll help a lot. 3 unenchanted items, fix that. dont gem for anything other than intel or hit, unless the socket bonus is +20 int imo. also, haste is an arcane mage's worst stat, you want int -> hit -> mastery -> crit -> haste. a different chest enchant would be...preferable, to say the least. thats all i can see that you could work on right away to improve yourself.
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Thanks for all the info. I will go reforge and try to enchant my stuff. This was very helpful
My guess is that you are not doing the real burn phase. Even though I read eletistjerks and all the guides I somehow did not grasp that you have to burn down the mob with AB then channel your mana back up. Cant just do the 4/1 rotation and have good dps.
There are so many things in gear alone you can fix. A +50 health enchant to chest, for example is laughable.
Level your professions.
What the other mage said above about mastery is incorrect. Haste will scale much higher for you until you reach the soft cap as you do not rock the T11 4pc.
With your gear you are Int>Hit (to cap)>Haste (soft cap)>Mastery>Crit>Other Haste
There are so many things in gear alone you can fix. A +50 health enchant to chest, for example is laughable.
Level your professions.
What the other mage said above about mastery is incorrect. Haste will scale much higher for you until you reach the soft cap as you do not rock the T11 4pc.
With your gear you are Int>Hit (to cap)>Haste (soft cap)>Mastery>Crit>Other Haste
What is the soft cap?
There are so many things in gear alone you can fix. A +50 health enchant to chest, for example is laughable.
Level your professions.
What the other mage said above about mastery is incorrect. Haste will scale much higher for you until you reach the soft cap as you do not rock the T11 4pc.
With your gear you are Int>Hit (to cap)>Haste (soft cap)>Mastery>Crit>Other Haste
What is the soft cap?
In most situations, 1768 rating (this means you're not using 4t11, you're not a goblin, and you have a 5% haste buff available to you in raid)
Your rotation is also off.
When you burn phase, you get to about 85% mana with four stacks, pop arcane power and gem/trinkets all at once, mirror images after a very slight delay or one arcane blast. Burn down to 35% mana. After evocate you enter your conserve phase, keep your mana above 90% using a mana neutral arcane blast/missiles rotation (usually three blasts, could be more based on procs). You stay at 90% mana until you have arcane power, gem and trinkets available and burn phase once again.
Feel free to enter an early burn to spend as much of your mana as you can by the time the boss hits 0%, because an early burn is better than conserving till the end.
http://www.icy-veins.com/arcane-mage-pve-guide
Thank me later.
Int>Hit (to cap)>Haste (soft cap)>Mastery>Crit>Other Haste
Int>Hit (to cap)>Haste (soft cap)>Mastery>Crit>Other Haste
Int>Hit (to cap)>Haste (soft cap)>Mastery>Crit>Other Haste
Int>Hit (to cap)>Haste (soft cap)>Mastery>Crit>Other Haste
Int>Hit (to cap)>Haste (soft cap)>Mastery>Crit>Other Haste
Int>Hit (to cap)>Haste (soft cap)>Mastery>Crit>Other Haste
Int>Hit (to cap)>Haste (soft cap)>Mastery>Crit>Other Haste
Int>Hit (to cap)>Haste (soft cap)>Mastery>Crit>Other Haste
Int>Hit (to cap)>Haste (soft cap)>Mastery>Crit>Other Haste
Int>Hit (to cap)>Haste (soft cap)>Mastery>Crit>Other Haste
How long does it take to beat it into you people that haste is better than mastery!
Int>Hit (to cap)>Haste (soft cap)>Mastery>Crit>Other Haste
Int>Hit (to cap)>Haste (soft cap)>Mastery>Crit>Other Haste
Int>Hit (to cap)>Haste (soft cap)>Mastery>Crit>Other Haste
Int>Hit (to cap)>Haste (soft cap)>Mastery>Crit>Other Haste
Int>Hit (to cap)>Haste (soft cap)>Mastery>Crit>Other Haste
Int>Hit (to cap)>Haste (soft cap)>Mastery>Crit>Other Haste
Int>Hit (to cap)>Haste (soft cap)>Mastery>Crit>Other Haste
Int>Hit (to cap)>Haste (soft cap)>Mastery>Crit>Other Haste
Int>Hit (to cap)>Haste (soft cap)>Mastery>Crit>Other Haste
Int>Hit (to cap)>Haste (soft cap)>Mastery>Crit>Other Haste
How long does it take to beat it into you people that haste is better than mastery!
I hope to Christ you're trolling. My 21% mastery would like to have a word with you.
Why has no one commented on his talents yet? improved polymorph?
How long does it take to beat it into you people that haste is better than mastery!
I hope to Christ you're trolling. My 21% mastery would like to have a word with you.
nice prime glyph melf
I hope to Christ you're trolling. My 21% mastery would like to have a word with you.[/quote]
nice prime glyph melf[/quote]
Talking to me or the baddy?
nice prime glyph melf
Talking to me or the baddy?
You. Glyph of Arcane Missiles is better than Glyph of Arcane Barrage.
Also, haste is rated higher than mastery until you hit the soft cap (1768).
you are doing everything right and your dps is where you should be, if you play arcane mage the way forum and ej tells you to, you are going to end up with 10k dps in 5 man dungeons.
be happy that retadin and rogues are carrying you in heroics.
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