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#1 Apr 19 2007 at 8:45 AM Rating: Decent
Well, I've decided to try my hand at a mage (hoping to roll fire). I've always had a love of the nuker classes, and now I get to have some much needed play with one.

Rolling horde as per usual so I have my choice of racial tributes, but I can't see which would benifit a mage the most.

AoE silence + magic resists: (Blood Elf)
Yeah, the mana tap is next to useless and the mana return from a fully charged arcane torrent is maybe enough for half a spell, but the extra spell interrupt would definitly be useful with the 30sec recast on counterspell, as well as it's ability to effect multiple targets. +5 to all resists doesn't hurt either.

WotF and Cannibilize: (Foresaken)
WotF is definitly a useful ability, particulary for PvP and instances. Between it and blink there isn't much that would be able to slow me down. And Cannibilize is already a proven useful feature for if you're stuck in combat, aren't able to use bandages, and need health ASAP.

Regeneration and Berserking: (Troll)
+10% health regen in battle doesn't seem like much. I know it's useful early on but in outlands when next to none of your gear has spirit on it, it might not do so well. Plus from what I understand mage fight don't last very long. But then there's berserking, but I don't know how useful this ability would be, considering it depends on how badly you're hurt. to get the full benifit, I would have to be hurt to the point where I'm not sure I'd have the 10 seconds. (also the 3 min cooldown on it is kind of a bust)

I'm hoping there are a few mages out there who played the races and would be able to give me a little imput on which abilities would be more useful to a mage. Like I've mentioned, I'm not familiar with the mage's playstyle just yet, so I need to turn to the more experienced few.
#2 Apr 19 2007 at 10:27 AM Rating: Decent
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Kyoseyto wrote:

AoE silence + magic resists: (Blood Elf)
Yeah, the mana tap is next to useless and the mana return from a fully charged arcane torrent is maybe enough for half a spell, but the extra spell interrupt would definitly be useful with the 30sec recast on counterspell, as well as it's ability to effect multiple targets. +5 to all resists doesn't hurt either.


The AoE silence has a very limited range, so is more suited for melee classes like Rogue because they need to be at close range to damage casters and can make use of the racial. Mages often fight other casters from range, in order to use the silence, we'd have to get pretty close to melee range. As such, it's not that good for mages.

IMO, Will of the Forsaken is the clear winner. Not much to be said, it's just comparitively better than the other Horde racials. Cannibalize is nice in a crutch too.

#3 Apr 19 2007 at 11:22 AM Rating: Decent
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Cannibalize is nice in a crutch too.

and i love it when some hunter fd's , thinking hes smart and then d ying/almost dying thnx to my cannibalize xD
#4 Apr 20 2007 at 9:43 PM Rating: Good
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Skulldiver wrote:
and i love it when some hunter fd's , thinking hes smart and then d ying/almost dying thnx to my cannibalize xD


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