Quote Originally Posted by crowdx View Post
Well I have a main arcane mage but I was just playing this one frost to see how he would fair.
I see your build is a mix of arcane and frost. I suppose the point that was missed is that is the reason that I can add /Cast Icy Veins and it works fine whereas if I try to add in frost barrier it does not work, might it be a GCD vs a non GCD spell? Same sort of issue would be if I tried to use Bark Skin on my druid!
I am going to try your above setup to see how it works
That is exactly it, and I've been running my mage exclusively as frost until ahune this year, since he was immune to frost, and in general wanted to try arcane since I didn't dare join any serious raids on my mage as frost.
Arcane does a fair amount more dps, but runs out of mana a lot faster, and frost will get you far, until 4-5k dps in badge gear just isn't enough anymore.
The replenishment from frost is also very nice if the mage is your only source of it. With my mage as frost, my team would never run out of mana.