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06-19-2009, 04:12 AM
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wow.com/media/2009/06/eh-mage-t8.jpgSecond up (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=17899681390&sid=1&pageNo=1#0) in the class Q&A (http://www.wow.com/tag/class-q-and-a/) (Shamans were first (http://www.wow.com/2009/06/10/class-qanda-shaman-questions-answered/)) are Mages (http://www.wow.com/category/arcane-brilliance/), those lovable glass cannons. Or are they? The Q&A (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=17899681390&sid=1&pageNo=1#0) opens with Ghostcrawler discussing public perception of the class, with a prompt of "a lot has changed since the days when the 'glass cannon' description was applied."

GeneralGC describes the mage as "the iconic caster:" deals magic damage from range. They should be versatile enough to do single-target damage, AoE damage, and crowd control, and every group should want one. (I'm noticing a trend here -- GC also described Shamans as a class every group should want. I guess every group should want all classes.)

They like the different feel between the three trees is in a good place, with Frostfire possibly providing a fourth aesthetic. They have decided that "king of AoE" is no longer a good niche to put any class in, so now they're trying to give both AoE and single-target to all DPS specs (with "extra effort" to make sure mages do good AoE).

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