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[Suvius]

Looking through the Fulcrum WWS I noticed that mages seem to be "missing" more than they used to. (Since the WWS are available for me to look at I set the bar on my performance in TbF against your stats.) (Thanks for making it available too, as there's a lot to study in different fights.)

Is the haste and other gear upgrades "forcing" you to choose away from spell +hit or are enviromental conditions in BT selecting gear for you?

Just asking because it seems like a chunk of dps is missing due to miss. (I'm not busting anyone's balls, I've just been looking at +haste with a jaundice eye.)

Another quick question... Does anyone know if the "Timbal's Focusing Crystal" from Heroic MrT works on Mage's Ignite and/or how often does the trinket proc?

[Wenge]

Depends on the fight for hit, for some of them we're switching to pvp gear (e.g., najentus).

As to the TFC, it does work off Ignite and Fireball. To be honest, the Capacitor is better for a fire mage. Also, beware the shadow damage cartel.

[Suvius]

Thanks Wenge! I've got the Capacitor but never can seem to find a place for it... I keep choosing Icon and Serpent Coil... (Mana Sucking Arcane Mage)

Timbo grabbed our first Sea Witch Robe and I'm sure that I'll grab one of the next T5 robes off of Kael and swap to Cowl and 4 piece. I was musing on the TbF site about how hard it was for a mage to shift from T4/Crafted to T5 to T6 because of the +hit issue. (Not to mention the whole freakin set bonus question.)

I should swap out of Arcane to Fire for a raid or two just to compare but right now I'm hit capped, and single target 1000-1200dps and obviously more on trash. I'm sitting on Cowl and Studius Wraps waiting on gear to use them again, which I don't see until well into BT/Hyjal. Honestly, and for the first time, I don't really see anything in Hyjal or BT that looks as sexy as simple T6.

/salute Fulcrum's foray's into Sunwell and cleaning out the last of the loot of BT

[Wenge]

Yes, tier 5 is awful for hit. Tier 6 is fine though, so there is that. In retrospect SSC and TK screamed "arcane mage."

[Vand]

If you examine my armory, you may reach the conclusion that I run about 1% below the hit cap. However, since I usually have at least one Draenei caster in my group, I get that extra 1% from their racial group buff. So anything over +15% hit would be wasted hit for me...until Etri does crazy things like giving the mages two paladins.