Mages and Aoe

[Apollo127]

Sorry vyn. And thanks everyone for the info!

[-silencer-]

I was watching a video of a mage aoe grinding and it hit me, I totally over looked the fact that mages can easily pull 4-5 adds at a time, and aoe them down. Would multi-boxing 3 mages be incredible aoe ownage? If so I would love to roll 3 mages and do more instance/aoe grinding over quests since I'm having trouble with all my quests being gather And also, whats the best horde and alliance mage race? :thumbsup:

Need to worry about taking damage and healing. I'd prefer to going with the easier AoE/prot-spec paladin & 2x AoE mages. Paladin will hold aggro easily once you get consecrate, plus you get BoW buff for your mages. When I was dual-boxing, the Paladin/Mage was my favorite combo for this reason, and two mages would have just been that much faster.
For race, I'd go with undead on Horde, or gnome(+int)/human(+spirit) on Alliance. I hate playing gnomes, but I can see how they could be easier to play due to their small size not interfering with mouse-overs. Tauren are a pain in the ass in this respect.

For paladin races, obviously blood elf is your only choice on Horde, but I'd go human(+spirit, +mace/sword expertise) over dwarf(stoneskin) on alliance.

[Apollo127]

Thanks silencer, that was the kind of answer I was looking for! Now I need to figure out what Im gunna do faction wise I don't have BC on any of my accounts atm, which is making alliance look like a good choice, especially since I have played alliance way way more than horde! I guess I have a decision to make Thanks! :thumbup:

[BobGnarly]

It looks like you've made your decision, but I'll still throw out there that I'd recommend 3 shaman (well, actually I recommend 5, but I'll assume your fixed on 3 toons).

I just think the synergy of multiple shaman is too good to pass up for your first multibox team, but that's just an opinion for you to chew on.

[Nocturne]

Having exhausted the limits of what is doable with a Preist & 4 Mage team if I could go back 18 months I'd pick Shaman. Once I hit the Outlands the over all experience went downhill as my team was just way too squishy. Granted a paladin makes it a bit more viable, but even then you're relying on your main to be tank & healer. Arenas being what they are today I don't even bother. My team has been reduced to grinding dailies to give away epic flying mounts to friends and feed my prot warrior.

[BobGnarly]

My team has been reduced to grinding dailies to give away epic flying mounts to friends...

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