

This may seem dramatic, but in the current design of the game and the spec, the room for Arcane is becoming more and more cramped. Make the spec the only one that can do things like provide mage tables, the only one that can cast time warp, make more talent choices that provides utility and buffs to another player. So at this point, if they aren’t going to make the changes it needs to compete, just scrap it, or make it into an important utility and semi damage spec like disc is in terms of healing and damage.Ĭut their damage abilities output (not completely, but like how disc isn’t meant for dps but the dps is still above what other healers like a holy priest does). What I don’t enjoy is that it is uncompetitive, and a chore to play, when other specs are much more fluid and able to perform with the encounter designs that Blizzard has been putting forth for the past two expansions. I don’t care about how barren the spec is, I actually enjoy both the playstyle and simplicity of the spec.

At least that way I can stop getting my hopes up that my favorite spec will ever improve… Let mage be a 2 spec class like Demon Hunters. If devs hate the spec this much I’d prefer they just get rid of it. I feel like were being worse than ignored.

But what to we get instead? A legendary with, of all things, brainstorm… And arcane power’s cooldown doubled to 3 minutes… How about the legion AOE shoulders with a chance to proc arcane orb? This is just to name a few. Provide a meaningful alternative to rune of power. We’ve seen these critiques (and many others) along with good suggestions for change on these forums for years! Go back to the Legion style of play. The thing that struck me though, is that none of this is new. So 5 seconds into a 10 second cooldown we can finally start DPSing… HUGE ramp time up with multiple abilities on the GCD. How Alter Time is NOT even close to a replacement for its loss. How, while every other spec gets cool new abilities, we lose displacement. He then proceeds to explain in infuriating detail the myriad of ways Arcane still isn’t fixed. Even the author had to start with a caveat, I know this seems like a lot of complaining, he warns.
#ARCANE MAGE TIME WARP FREE#
Thanks for reading our class guides! If you have any feedback about the guides, feel free to leave a comment in the section below and we will reply as quickly as possible.Looking over wowhead’s explanation of Shadowland changes for Arcane reads like a giant troll to players. This data updates automatically and comes directly from Blizzard's API. The same in raiding applies to Mythic+ for us, we'll want to find a target with a lot of hit points for our primary target during burst.īelow you can see the data on what are the most picked Covenants for Arcane Mages.

This isn't inherently bad, it just isn't enough of an effect to counter the top covenant abilties. Night Fae simply doesn't have any real synergy with our toolkit beyond just removing some cooldown time. Night Fae is likely to continue to be weak, along with Necrolord for the same reasons they were less than stellar last patch. Don't hesitate to click the headers to go to their respective guides!īest Arcane Mage Covenants and Soulbinds for Raidīest Arcane Mage Covenants and Soulbinds for Mythic+Ĭovenant Choice for Arcane Mage During Dragonflight Pre-Patchīoth Covenant abilities that are returning as talents share cooldowns with their talent counterpart, but this does not mean that they cannot be leveraged. You can also find me in the Arcane Dream discord.Īs a quick recap, we've created the table below to highlight the notable differences between Covenants. I stream my guild's raids and some dungeons every now and again over at twitch. I have played at the top end in the earlier expansions of WoW but now I prefer to keep my raiding time short and efficient. I have been playing WoW on and off since release and am an active staff member in the Altered-Time discord. This guide will go through the best Covenant for Arcane Mage in the. Welcome to the Arcane Mage Covenant guide for the Dragonflight Pre-Patch.
