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Drefanator
Frost has all the control it's ever had, plus with the early perm. Water Elemental it means you probably have more now.
Arcane will probably feel a little squishy until you get things like slow, and the AB+Slow talent. However with 2min evocations, you'll rarely be drinking (with it glyphed you can heal your self a bit too)
Fire has the power still.
Honestly, it's up to you. It's no longer "Level frost, and only frost"
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hymer
About drinking: I made a frost mage with a new race/class combo, and I only use refreshments in instances (rarely) and when taking it out on the target dummies. Full heirloom may help, but it's my feeling mana isn't a problem.
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Scientia
I started with arcane from 80-81. I heard so many good things about frost that I tried it from 81-83. Honestly, I like arcane better for levelling. Arcane blast easily hits from 15,000+, this destroys whatever your fighting very quickly. I did however have a lot of fun playing frost in a dungeon. The Fingers of Frostx2 for ever Water Elemental freeze on a boss was awesome. 50,000+ critical strikes for the win.
I do have to manage my mana for more with Arcane as you can imagine, but it's not that big of a deal. I'll consider all three specs again when I hit 85 in a few hours.
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hymer
My mage is now 65, vipeout, and it's been the same all the way. AoE is the only thing that puts a real dent in my mana pool.
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TehTerokkar
Frost is safest and really fast and great in PvP:
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Fire is sort of lame without heirlooms due to a slow-effect until level 50s when u finally get Frostfire bolt which is way better for leveling as fire due to the slow effect on it:
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Arcane imo only gets good at level 68 when u get access to Mage Armor which gives no downtime when combined with 2 min Evocation cooldowns:
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I'd recommend Frost until 68, then at least try Arcane, because it really is good because Arcane Missiles cost no mana and do quite good damage as Arcane spec.
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