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03-14-2009, 02:23 PM
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Each week Arcane Brilliance (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/Arcane-Brilliance/) runs out of mana halfway through a column about Mages (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/mage/). Seriously, Arcane Brilliance is terrible at managing its mana. And then every time it Evocates (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=12051), Arcane Brilliance manages to get interrupted before it gets any mana back. It really sucks. Yep, Arcane Brilliance spends a lot of time wanding. To be honest, Arcane Brilliance is probably about one more wipe away from getting kicked out of its guild. LTP, Arcane Brilliance...LTP.

I tried my best to be optimistic last week (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/03/07/arcane-brilliance-fire-the-forgotten-tree/), to look at the changes to Fiery Payback (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=44441) and Impact (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=12358) (especially Impact) as semi-good things. The Fiery Payback-disarm effect will be marginally positive, I told myself, and at the very least, Impact being triggered by Fire Blast (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=42873) will make the spell less random and more controllable, right? We Mages get such a reputation for being whiners that I try to steer clear of pessimism as much as a can just to avoid being lumped in with that lame generalization. I try, and most of the time I fail, but I award myself an "A" for effort.

The comments section set me straight last week. Fire Mages are not happy with Blizzard's (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/Blizzard/) attempt at improving their survivability in PvP (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/PvP/). You guys were brutally frank in your comments, and I have to admit that I see your point. Nobody likes dying, but as a Fire Mage you sort of expect it, similar to the way nobody likes getting tackled, but as a football player you know it comes with the territory. All Fire Mages want is to be able to dish out an acceptable amount of pain before they explode. In fact, a lot of you proposed the idea of allowing Fire Mages to literally explode upon death, making killing one a dangerous proposition. Several of you commented that this was a Fire Mage's idea of survivability, to die, but leave a smoking crater behind. Seriously, this is an idea I can get behind.

Here's the thing, though: If you weren't happy with the changes last week, you really aren't going to like the latest PTR (http://www.wowinsider.com/guide-to-patch-3-1/) build. Follow me through the break and we'll talk ourselves through the changes. I'll try to keep the tears to a minimum.Continue reading Arcane Brilliance: Q to the power of Q (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/03/14/arcane-brilliance-q-to-the-power-of-q/)

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