Elemental Shaman - Destruction Warlock - Arcane Mage Macros

[pinotnoir]

The arcane mage uses arcane blast 4 times and then missles. You are trying to get the missle proc so your missles are faster. After 4 arcane blast the % chance you have the proc up is very high.

I could used glyph of Immolate but I chose Life Tap. It gives a good spell power boost and I should have lots of spirit once I upgrade all my gear.

[jimbobobb]

The arcane mage uses arcane blast 4 times and then missles. You are trying to get the missle proc so your missles are faster. After 4 arcane blast the % chance you have the proc up is very high.

I could used glyph of Immolate but I chose Life Tap. It gives a good spell power boost and I should have lots of spirit once I upgrade all my gear.

He's talking about your reset qualifier. And he's right - you shouldn't be reseting on target/combat

You should reset something like combat/3 or 4 seconds.

If I had to guess, this reset qualifier of yours would be the reason that your mages are always out of mana, as really mana should not be a problem with them at all.

You're resetting on target, so basically on trash your mages will NEVER cast their missiles. Don't get me wrong, casting 4Xstacked arcane blast all day is fine dps, but it's worse dps than using your missiles, and it's also the most mana-inefficient dps in the game.

Imagine on trash with 50-60k hps, you never EVER get to your missiles before you change your target, so you just keep casting your blast blast blast blast.

Change your reset qualifiers.


edit: simple clarification....

/castsequence reset=target/combat arcane blast, arcane blast, arcane blast, arcane blast, arcane missiles
No no no no no

/castsequence reset=combat/3 arcane blast, arcane blast, arcane blast, arcane blast, arcane missiles
Yes yes yes yes yes

[pinotnoir]

Ahh thanks for pointing that out.. I didnt even know I had that set to target. No wonder I don't see missles that much. I will change it for sure.