It’s time again for another Arcane Brilliance, the weekly mage column that needs more screenshots. Yes, I’m reminding all of you that I need more pictures of mages to open this column with. They can be any pictures of mages, whether they’re mages killing warlocks, or mages setting warlocks on fire, or mages destroying a warlock’s self-esteem, or a mage stealing a warlock’s lunch money, or a mage sneaking into a warlock’s backyard and salting the earth so that nothing can grow there for a hundred years. Really, any mage screenshot will do. Send them to arcanebrilliancepics@wow.com; put “Mage screenshot” in the subject line, and sign the email with whatever name you want the picture to be credited to. My email’s getting lonely. Seriously, all I get now are fake beta invites and porn. Sometimes in the same email.

Mana Adept concerns me.

I don’t think I’m alone, in my concern, either. In fact, I think it’s safe to assume that a very large percentage of arcane mages, upon reading about the coming mastery bonus for their spec of choice in the recent Cataclysm class preview, let out a collective sigh of deep unease.

The mastery bonuses for fire and frost are fairly straightforward. Fire is getting a powerful DoT component added to all of their direct-damage fire spells. Frost is getting a damage buff applied to all of their damaging spells but Frostbolt. Compare those to the mysteries of Mana Adept:

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Mana Adept: Arcane will deal damage based how much mana the mage has. For example, Arcane mages will do much more damage at 100% mana than at 50% mana. If they begin to get low on mana, they will likely want to use an ability or mechanic to bring their mana up to increase their damage.

Wait … what?

Continue reading Arcane Brilliance: Why Mana Adept might not suck

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