Quote Originally Posted by genocyde View Post
Running 3x arcane mage in emblem gear i saw as high as 7.5k DPS each on quick heroic tank and spanks.

Running 2x arcane mage 1x moonkin i saw as high as 9k DPS for mages and 5k for moonkin.

Running 2x arcane mage 1x moonkin and having a friends ele sham sub in for my priest healer on one run my mages saw as high as 12k DPS my moonkin stayed around 5k.

Needless to say I'm leveling a sham as a periodic sub for my priest for farming. I don't like shaman much as healers compared to a priest. But they are a little easier to box and their buffs are the most OP thing in the game.

One thing I will say though is that mages top all other casters in your average AoE situation.
The moonkin gave you a 13% dmg boost, and the shaman gave you 5% spell haste boost, and a 240(?) spellpower boost. All of those add up to quite a bit of damage, as you saw in your testing. I use a warlock for my 13% bonus, as a warlock can do comprable dps to a mage (mine are almost equal in dps numbers) I also have a priest which gives me a spirit bonus, which helps everyone but my shaman and paladin, and i put kings on everyone, and ive got some pretty awesome synergy.