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04-25-2009, 06:32 PM
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Each week Arcane Brilliance (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/Arcane-Brilliance/) sits around, thinking of things to put in this opening paragraph. Arcane Brilliance considers many things. Then Arcane Brilliance usually ends up going for the easy Warlock (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/Warlock/) joke, because let's face it, Warlocks are pretty low-hanging fruit, and Arcane Brilliance is lazy.
Of all the new stuff patch 3.1 (http://www.wowinsider.com/guide-to-patch-3-1) brought us, perhaps this single most significant change was the addition of dual specs (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/02/14/arcane-brilliance-dual-speccing-your-mage/). Suddenly everybody and their second cousins can tank (or think they can tank), and every Druid (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/Druid/)/Paladin (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/Paladin/)/Shaman (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/Shaman/) has a resto/holy spec waiting in the wings. Everybody rolls on everything in every dungeon because they're "gearing up for their second spec"...or third spec...or whatever.
Mages (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/Mage/) don't have multiple roles to fill. We can't use our second talent spec slot for a tank or healer build. Our choices are and always have been DPS or DPS, just as God intended. And so, the advent of dual specs have instead opened up a different kind of door for a lot of Mages: PvP (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/PvP/).
For the first time, we can keep our mana-efficient, DPS-maximized raiding (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/raiding/) build, and still have a second PvP-centric build on stand-by. A lot of Mages are taking advantage of this, and many are taking their first real steps into the strange and somewhat intimidating world of player-versus-player combat. For the Mage making that first foray into PvP, the culture shock can be very real, and the gear gap can seem insurmountable.
Fear not. Arcane Brilliance is here to tell you how to quickly and easily close that gap. Click the link below, and we'll have you mounting Warlock heads on your wall in no time.Continue reading Arcane Brilliance: Gearing your Mage for PvP (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/04/25/arcane-brilliance-gearing-your-mage-for-pvp/)
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Each week Arcane Brilliance (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/Arcane-Brilliance/) sits around, thinking of things to put in this opening paragraph. Arcane Brilliance considers many things. Then Arcane Brilliance usually ends up going for the easy Warlock (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/Warlock/) joke, because let's face it, Warlocks are pretty low-hanging fruit, and Arcane Brilliance is lazy.
Of all the new stuff patch 3.1 (http://www.wowinsider.com/guide-to-patch-3-1) brought us, perhaps this single most significant change was the addition of dual specs (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/02/14/arcane-brilliance-dual-speccing-your-mage/). Suddenly everybody and their second cousins can tank (or think they can tank), and every Druid (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/Druid/)/Paladin (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/Paladin/)/Shaman (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/Shaman/) has a resto/holy spec waiting in the wings. Everybody rolls on everything in every dungeon because they're "gearing up for their second spec"...or third spec...or whatever.
Mages (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/Mage/) don't have multiple roles to fill. We can't use our second talent spec slot for a tank or healer build. Our choices are and always have been DPS or DPS, just as God intended. And so, the advent of dual specs have instead opened up a different kind of door for a lot of Mages: PvP (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/PvP/).
For the first time, we can keep our mana-efficient, DPS-maximized raiding (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/raiding/) build, and still have a second PvP-centric build on stand-by. A lot of Mages are taking advantage of this, and many are taking their first real steps into the strange and somewhat intimidating world of player-versus-player combat. For the Mage making that first foray into PvP, the culture shock can be very real, and the gear gap can seem insurmountable.
Fear not. Arcane Brilliance is here to tell you how to quickly and easily close that gap. Click the link below, and we'll have you mounting Warlock heads on your wall in no time.Continue reading Arcane Brilliance: Gearing your Mage for PvP (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/04/25/arcane-brilliance-gearing-your-mage-for-pvp/)
http://www.wowinsider.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.wowinsider.com)Arcane Brilliance: Gearing your Mage for PvP (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/04/25/arcane-brilliance-gearing-your-mage-for-pvp/) originally appeared on WoW Insider (http://www.wowinsider.com) on Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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