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09-13-2009, 01:12 PM
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Welcome to the latest Arcane Brilliance (http://www.wow.com/category/Arcane-Brilliance/), the weekly Mage (http://www.wow.com/category/Mage/) column that believes there's no such thing as a wrong time to turn something into a sheep (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=12826). Unless it was already a sheep to begin with. Then it would probably have been better to turn it into a pig (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=28272) or a rabbit (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=61721) or something. Or maybe just hit it with a Pyroblast (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=42891). Mmmm. Lamb chops. What were we talking about again?
If you missed last week, here's a link to click on (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/06/arcane-brilliance-making-your-mage-raid-worthy-part-1/) so you can catch up. If you can't be bothered to read the first part of this column, let me summarize the idea here: we're discussing ways to get your Mage all decked out in epic, raid-worthy gear without ever actually entering a raid instance. Now, more than ever before, we have so many options for obtaining raid-quality gear that actually raiding for it seems almost...old-fashioned.
Last week we talked about 5-mans in both their normal and heroic varieties, focusing on Trial of the Champion (http://www.wowhead.com/?zone=4723), because duh. But maybe you don't want to do 5-mans. Maybe your guildies aren't on, and maybe you hate pugs. Maybe you are a Mage, and because there are eighty-four DPSers looking for group for every one tank or healer, you threw your hands up after an hour of trying to get a group and went off to do dailies.
Well good news, everyone! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D1cap6yETA) Doing those dailies can get you epics too! Yes, it is entirely possible--even if you happen to be the guy on your server who ninjas gear in pugs and sucks at everything to the point that nobody invites you to groups anymore--to fill just every slot of your gear with sparkly purples without doing any instances of any kind. Isn't that wonderful? It tends to take a bit longer, overall, but these alternative methods for obtaining gear can be perfect for those of us who simply don't have a lot of time to commit to a group. Simply log in, craft an epic cloak, do a daily quest or two, blast out a couple Arena (http://www.wow.com/category/Arena/) matches, and then repeat for a few weeks, and eventually you'll have epics too. Anyway, nice talking to you, see you next week! Wait...what's that? You want details? Oh fine. Clicky clicky.Continue reading Arcane Brilliance: Making your Mage raid-worthy, part 2 (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/13/arcane-brilliance-making-your-mage-raid-worthy-part-2/)
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Arcane Brilliance: Making your Mage raid-worthy, part 2 (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/13/arcane-brilliance-making-your-mage-raid-worthy-part-2/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Welcome to the latest Arcane Brilliance (http://www.wow.com/category/Arcane-Brilliance/), the weekly Mage (http://www.wow.com/category/Mage/) column that believes there's no such thing as a wrong time to turn something into a sheep (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=12826). Unless it was already a sheep to begin with. Then it would probably have been better to turn it into a pig (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=28272) or a rabbit (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=61721) or something. Or maybe just hit it with a Pyroblast (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=42891). Mmmm. Lamb chops. What were we talking about again?
If you missed last week, here's a link to click on (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/06/arcane-brilliance-making-your-mage-raid-worthy-part-1/) so you can catch up. If you can't be bothered to read the first part of this column, let me summarize the idea here: we're discussing ways to get your Mage all decked out in epic, raid-worthy gear without ever actually entering a raid instance. Now, more than ever before, we have so many options for obtaining raid-quality gear that actually raiding for it seems almost...old-fashioned.
Last week we talked about 5-mans in both their normal and heroic varieties, focusing on Trial of the Champion (http://www.wowhead.com/?zone=4723), because duh. But maybe you don't want to do 5-mans. Maybe your guildies aren't on, and maybe you hate pugs. Maybe you are a Mage, and because there are eighty-four DPSers looking for group for every one tank or healer, you threw your hands up after an hour of trying to get a group and went off to do dailies.
Well good news, everyone! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D1cap6yETA) Doing those dailies can get you epics too! Yes, it is entirely possible--even if you happen to be the guy on your server who ninjas gear in pugs and sucks at everything to the point that nobody invites you to groups anymore--to fill just every slot of your gear with sparkly purples without doing any instances of any kind. Isn't that wonderful? It tends to take a bit longer, overall, but these alternative methods for obtaining gear can be perfect for those of us who simply don't have a lot of time to commit to a group. Simply log in, craft an epic cloak, do a daily quest or two, blast out a couple Arena (http://www.wow.com/category/Arena/) matches, and then repeat for a few weeks, and eventually you'll have epics too. Anyway, nice talking to you, see you next week! Wait...what's that? You want details? Oh fine. Clicky clicky.Continue reading Arcane Brilliance: Making your Mage raid-worthy, part 2 (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/13/arcane-brilliance-making-your-mage-raid-worthy-part-2/)
Filed under: Mage (http://www.wow.com/category/mage/), Blacksmithing (http://www.wow.com/category/blacksmithing/), Tailoring (http://www.wow.com/category/tailoring/), Items (http://www.wow.com/category/items/), Analysis / Opinion (http://www.wow.com/category/analysis-opinion/), Tips (http://www.wow.com/category/tips/), PvP (http://www.wow.com/category/pvp/), Quests (http://www.wow.com/category/quests/), Jewelcrafting (http://www.wow.com/category/jewelcrafting/), Features (http://www.wow.com/category/features/), Raiding (http://www.wow.com/category/raiding/), Factions (http://www.wow.com/category/factions/), Guides (http://www.wow.com/category/guides/), Classes (http://www.wow.com/category/classes/), Alts (http://www.wow.com/category/alts/), (Mage) Arcane Brilliance (http://www.wow.com/category/arcane-brilliance/), Inscription (http://www.wow.com/category/inscription/)
Arcane Brilliance: Making your Mage raid-worthy, part 2 (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/13/arcane-brilliance-making-your-mage-raid-worthy-part-2/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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