TalonBot
12-13-2008, 03:30 PM
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Each week, Arcane Brilliance (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/Arcane-Brilliance/) gains 5,000 reputation with the Kirin Tor (http://www.wowhead.com/?faction=1090) by writing a column about Mages (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/mage/). That's right, I said 5,000. Are you reading this, Kirin Tor? I'm declaring myself exalted. Give me my dagger (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=44173) already, you selfish jerks.
I may have mentioned this before, but I'm an Arcane Mage.
I wasn't always. I spent my initial leveling days as a pure Fire Mage, and loved it. I spent a good chunk of time PvPing (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/pvp/) as a Frost Mage, and had a glorious time. But now I'm all Arcane, all the time, and I'm as pleased with it as it is possible for an unapologetic cynic like myself to be pleased with a thing.
And so, as you can imagine, I look at the PTR 3.0.8 patch notes (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/12/11/world-of-warcraft-ptr-3-0-8-patch-notes/) as Blizzard (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/Blizzard/)'s Christmas gift to me personally. It's as if they decided, "yes, we would like to keep taking money from your credit card, Christian, and so make our product better specifically for you." Actually, that's probably exactly what they decided, only substituting the names of every person ever for my own. The difference is that for me specifically, they've actually been successful. Anytime you give me a patch that buffs my spec of choice specifically and also fails to nerf it in any way, your "give him what he wants and he will give us money for it" business model has been successful.
Follow me after the break and we'll discuss what will hereafter be referred to as patch 3.KeepChristianHappy.8 (ok, maybe not...that's incredibly cumbersome), and all that it will change for Mages, especially those of the Arcane persuasion.Continue reading Arcane Brilliance: Patch 3.0.8, or Blizzard's love letter to Arcane Mages (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/12/13/arcane-brilliance-patch-3-0-8-or-blizzards-love-letter-to-arc/)
http://www.wowinsider.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.wowinsider.com)Arcane Brilliance: Patch 3.0.8, or Blizzard's love letter to Arcane Mages (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/12/13/arcane-brilliance-patch-3-0-8-or-blizzards-love-letter-to-arc/) originally appeared on WoW Insider (http://www.wowinsider.com) on Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Each week, Arcane Brilliance (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/Arcane-Brilliance/) gains 5,000 reputation with the Kirin Tor (http://www.wowhead.com/?faction=1090) by writing a column about Mages (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/mage/). That's right, I said 5,000. Are you reading this, Kirin Tor? I'm declaring myself exalted. Give me my dagger (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=44173) already, you selfish jerks.
I may have mentioned this before, but I'm an Arcane Mage.
I wasn't always. I spent my initial leveling days as a pure Fire Mage, and loved it. I spent a good chunk of time PvPing (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/pvp/) as a Frost Mage, and had a glorious time. But now I'm all Arcane, all the time, and I'm as pleased with it as it is possible for an unapologetic cynic like myself to be pleased with a thing.
And so, as you can imagine, I look at the PTR 3.0.8 patch notes (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/12/11/world-of-warcraft-ptr-3-0-8-patch-notes/) as Blizzard (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/Blizzard/)'s Christmas gift to me personally. It's as if they decided, "yes, we would like to keep taking money from your credit card, Christian, and so make our product better specifically for you." Actually, that's probably exactly what they decided, only substituting the names of every person ever for my own. The difference is that for me specifically, they've actually been successful. Anytime you give me a patch that buffs my spec of choice specifically and also fails to nerf it in any way, your "give him what he wants and he will give us money for it" business model has been successful.
Follow me after the break and we'll discuss what will hereafter be referred to as patch 3.KeepChristianHappy.8 (ok, maybe not...that's incredibly cumbersome), and all that it will change for Mages, especially those of the Arcane persuasion.Continue reading Arcane Brilliance: Patch 3.0.8, or Blizzard's love letter to Arcane Mages (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/12/13/arcane-brilliance-patch-3-0-8-or-blizzards-love-letter-to-arc/)
http://www.wowinsider.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.wowinsider.com)Arcane Brilliance: Patch 3.0.8, or Blizzard's love letter to Arcane Mages (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/12/13/arcane-brilliance-patch-3-0-8-or-blizzards-love-letter-to-arc/) originally appeared on WoW Insider (http://www.wowinsider.com) on Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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