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When is the switch of Frost--> Arcane
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UncaToddly
I leveled to 64 as Frost and then Dual Spec'd to Arcane when I got Arcane Blast.
I did it primarily so I would have a better understanding of Arcane and the differences down the road. Soloing as Frost is much easier than Arcane from a survivability standpoint as you have more outs but the big booms with Arcane can be pretty impressive.
If you don't have the cash to dual spec I would just stay with Frost until you can afford it. Even if that is after you get to 80 and can grind out the dailies and quests for cash :)
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DerrHans
i lvl'd arcane had no problems what so ever.
Frost is easier to lvl a mage with, and is viable doing it to 80 all the way. It up to u basicly, if ur tired of frost change spec its that simple ;)
Before i reached 64 i just did Frostbolt (TTW)> AM > Fireblast/aBarr and move to the next @ 64 i did AB > Slow > AB AB > Abarr/Mbarr.
It was slow until 64 but i had fun doing it.
Just pick whats fun to lvl for u and enjoy ur mage.
(This all was in the Abarr pre-nerf and AB pre-buff (3stacks max))
Also hit cap for heroics(80) are 6% thats all covered in ur talents (arcane) so no need to craft hit gear, just farm badges for t9 do the new 5 mans and u have more and better gear with hit. No need to spend gold on obsolete gear right from the start.
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Squishalot
The right time to switch from Frost to Arcane is just before the boss in a heroic.
For 2+ targets, Frost outputs higher DPS when levelling, at least. I was sitting on a target dummy over the weekend at 74, and was outputting 1460 DPS as Arcane on a high-damage cycle (AB4 MBAM), or 1600 DPS as Frost on two targets using a FS/Blizzard rotation.
Your mana efficiency of Frost goes up significantly as the number of targets increase, due to
Arcane Concentration
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Marama
what did arcane do in vanilla? did they do nothing but channeled arcane missiles?
Since that seams to be the only thing you can do until 64.
Nobody specced arcane in vanilla. =)
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