Quote Originally Posted by Tonuss View Post
I've been wondering about that, about different talent specs for the mages. I may try that at some point, for now fire spec is the lazy way out and it lets me more than double their crit rate on fire spells (to a whopping 10.32%, heh). I figure that at level 60, when I've got 51 points to play with and a few Outland starter upgrades, I can try out a few different talent builds and see what works. Both Arcane and Frost have lots of goodies for the group. I will probably try Arcane first, since it buffs both Arcane Explosion and Arcane Missiles (4x Arcane Missiles is just SAVAGE).

For leveling, fire is just easy and does nice damage. Four fireballs still one shot almost anything that isn't more than two levels above the group, and anything that survives that either dies from the DoTs, Ignite, or wands. I just wish there were more concentrations of mobs, because AEing never gets old. :P My record is something like 9 or 10 (some trolls near Nesingwary's Camp in Stranglethorn, in a small ruined building) but usually it's only 3-5 mobs because that's all I can round up due to tethering.

+5 mobs are still a pain, but +4 are becoming more manageable, in part because the priest's healing has improved with levels and talent points. They are level 35. At 36 they get another round of useful upgrades (new Blast Wave, new Fireball, new Pyroblast!) so they should waltz right through the next few levels. There should also be a ton more quests that will be yellow/orange in various zones. I'm being slowed down more by a lack of time than anything else.

I'm normally not a PVPer, but I did start PVPing with my hunter and have been having a blast. It's a ways off, but I'm wondering how I'd do in Wintergrasp with this group...
The range on Fire spells can be really really nice, stand on a wall or so and hit stuff which can't hit you

It could be a lot of fun. Allthough i hope you'll survive a bit vs melee in pvp. Since that's the mage's real problem. If a solo mage can't kite a melee, he's dead. You don't even try to kite people as boxer. So i hope that's managable.