Quote Originally Posted by 'Fursphere',index.php?page=Thread&postID=103762#po st103762
I don't downrank spells. Period. I have cleared all heroics (except Mgt) on my own just fine, and I can hold my own in PvP.

So... whats all the crying about? Seriously?
Maybe it doesn't drastically affect your particular playstyle, but trust me, this is a HUGE hit to pvp mages, for one.

I can cast up to 10-15 polys per arena game atm, and the only way I can do that is because I downrank since the added time to the higher ranks is null-and-void in pvp anyway. If I have to start spending 500 mana/poly, it's going to be less polys before oom.

Mages currently use rank 1 AE and Blizzard to fish out stealthers. No way am I going to be able to do that if I have to pay 1400 mana, I don't care what the new mana regen model is.

It has been stated that these weren't intended usages designed into the class, and fine, I can see that. However, intended or not, they are a big part of mage pvp, and if you take them away, you are affecting the class. Frankly, that class doesn't need any pvp nerfs atm.

So if they are insistant on these changes, I hope they at least look at the classes most negatively impacted and figure out ways to help them compensate for the loss. Sadly, I suspect they'll just do their usual and blindly forge ahead.