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"Easy to get" Mage gear at 80 (arcane spec)
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Lorkin
I put together a quick list of easy to get gear for my wife's mage. Easy to get meaning either BoE, quest rewards, crafted, low repuation rewards, PUG OS, easy Heroics, etc. Pulled some from that Elitist Jerks Non-Raid guide. Please let me know if I'm missing any "easy to get" pieces.
Head:
Hat of Wintry Doom
Neck:
Sky Sapphite Amulet
or
Titanium Spellshock Necklace
Shoulders:
Dark Runic Mantle
or use the
Exquisite Sunderseer Mantle
that she has
Cloak:
Shroud of Dedicated Research
or
Deathchill Cloak
Chest:
Ebonweave Robe
Bracer:
Black Duskweave Wristwraps
or
Azure Cloth Bindings
Gloves:
Ebonweave Gloves
Belt:
Sash of the Wizened Wyrm
or
Plush Sash of Guzbah
Legs:
Black Duskweave Leggings
Feet:
Cleric's Linen Shoes
or
Sandals of Crimson Fury
Finger:
Runed Mana Band
or
Signet of the Hopeful Light
Finger:
Titanium Spellshock Ring
or
Wyrmrest Band
Trinket:
Forge Ember
or
Sundial of the Exiled
Trinket:
Mark of the War Prisoner
or the
Discerning Eye of the Beast
that she has
Weapon:
Titansteel Spellblade
or use the
Dignified Headmaster's Charge
that she has
Offhand:
Telestra's Journal
or
Wand of the Violet Citadel
Wand:
Wand of the San'layn
or
Rod of the Fallen Monarch
From Heroics/OS
Neck: 10 OS for
Circle of Arcane Streams
Bracer: H VH for
Azure Cloth Bindings
Gloves: H Nexus for
Gloves of Glistering Runes
Belt:H AN for
Sash of the Servant
or H UP for
Girdle of Bane
Legs: H HoL for
Woven Bracae Leggings
Ring: H UK for
Annhylde's Ring
or 25 OS for
Wyrmrest Band
Ring: H CoT for
Band of Guile
Trinket: 25 OS for
Illustration of the Dragon Soul
Weapon: H Occ for
Staff of Draconic Combat
or 25 OS for
Staff of Restraint
Wand: H AN for
Rod of the Fallen Monarch
She's arcane spec, and a bit of a nut over crit rating. I see a lot of arcane mages with haste, is this the prefered stat? There seems to be a lot of epics with haste value on them. Thanks for the help, I'm not too familiar with cloth caster gear.
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Lorkin
Haste is far, far, far superior to critical strike rating for arcane mages.
Can someone explain to me (or point me to a post explaining) why haste is so important for an arcane mage? Isn't the main spells Arcane Blast, Arcane Barrage, and Imp Magic (Arcane) Missle procs? ABarr is instant, and AB is 2.5 sec cast time. Does haste really improve raid damage over crit? I guess from a melee perspective (Fury warr reference) it's the opposite, Crit > Haste.
Edit: Forgot to add wowhead's weight search for
Arcane Mages
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Forgot to ask, what's the general mage reputation path to take? I'm assuming Kin Tor first? What's a good order and level to get the rep's up?
For example, for tanking warriors you want to hit Argent Crusader and Wyrmrest Accord to revered first. Then probably Sons of Hodir. I found Knights of the Ebon Blade and Kin Tor to the optional for tanks.
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Madmick
I haven't found it difficult to load up on pre-raid gear from EJ's list at all. My biggest problem was getting enough hit for a fire spec, without destroying my spell power, haste and crit. I gave up and went Arcane for the time being.
That's because fire sucks balls. I've tried a bunch of different specs with different gears equipped, and it's just unplayable in PvP. This really !@#$es me off, because I didn't name my guy Starmind because he dreams of ice cubes. Throwing fire in people's faces is my fantasy; one I'm willing to pay for to the tune of $15 a month. WTF, Blizzard?
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Achloryn
I haven't found it difficult to load up on pre-raid gear from EJ's list at all. My biggest problem was getting enough hit for a fire spec, without destroying my spell power, haste and crit. I gave up and went Arcane for the time being.
That's because fire sucks balls. I've tried a bunch of different specs with different gears equipped, and it's just unplayable in PvP. This really !@#$es me off, because I didn't name my guy Starmind because he dreams of ice cubes. Throwing fire in people's faces is my fantasy; one I'm willing to pay for to the tune of $15 a month. WTF, Blizzard?
you're comparing pvp to pve... stop it.. lol
no but seriously.. i wouldn't consider fire "unplayable" in pvp, its just that most mages DON'T pvp as fire.. but that's off the topic of the thread.
@brrobid, fire gear is much more gear reliant to do well with it, but when you get the gear to perform fire well, your DPS will really open up in comparison to the other specs. Arcane appears to actually fall behind as you start moving into ulduar gear, even so much as getting to the point that frostfire will pass it as you get into ulduar gear.
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