People even pvp on mages anymore?

[Sorovos]

i logged into my mage that i've not played in a while, He was full Rank 8 when I left, But i've noticed that pretty much no one is pvping on a mage in a Warfront, I basically see a bunch of red and yellow..

I've also noticed my damage is in the ****ter, Not sure whats really up with that, Since he's not exactly that worse off geared then most people. I tried doing the 51 Pyro Build (as I honestly didn't want a 3rd 31 Dom/31x build) and I noticed that the survivability is completely worthless when Most of the other toons in the game can do similar damage while being beefier.

I am disappointed that my Necro seems to have gotten worse as Dots no longer do any damage at all.

[Caution]

Not really, most mage specs were broken with DR, you would think when this happened they would think hey we better give mages big damage absorbing shields and more teleports, but no...rogues and warriors fly around the map and we don't have the means to control them which is our main defence. What we get is a shield absorbing 700 damage (not even worth a GCD) and one teleport in one soul that moves you 15 metres with no other benefit. Worse again is the fact that warriors and rogues have had buffs and fixes for the last 4 patches while we have had nothing close to substantial. Mage class atm is literally; pray for none immune, squirrel,spam some fireballs, die. Or try and get off 2 sec fireballs until you've got enough charge for fulminate which hits for barely anything on decent players...and this is our best options.

[Maihes]

Nope.

In fact, after all this time dealing with OP Marksmen Rogues and Riftblade warriors, I gave up. The devs finally beat me. I'm done with this game.

Cancelled a few days ago. Reloading WoW as I type.

[Credo]

I've been in matches that were mostly mages, though that is a rare occurrence. Almost every match has multiple mages in it so my guess would be to say yes, people still do.

[Hotter]

So are warfronts rogues and warriors only then? Someone else posted about no clerics. No clerics, no mages... wait... where is that make squirrel die thread?

[BrownsMageNerfDelivery]

Is this another "I don't want to grind to P40 and get all the gear, warriors/rogues are OP" thread?

[Sorovos]

Is this another "I don't want to grind to P40 and get all the gear, warriors/rogues are OP" thread?

No, i already have all the gear, I'm actually RR39 now it seems after today...

Was just commenting on the piss poor damage I was experiencing in the warfronts.

i finally just ended up running Chloro/Lock and Chloro/Dom

[Maihes]

Is this another "I don't want to grind to P40 and get all the gear, warriors/rogues are OP" thread?

Nope. this is a P40 fully geared (1343 valor) mage, tired of having to outplay one button mashing warriors, rogues by 10 fold, just to kill them, thread.

[Maihes]

Nope. this is a P40 fully geared (1343 valor) mage, tired of having to outplay one button mashing warriors, rogues by 10 fold, just to kill them, thread.

To the original poster. Chlorolock will keep you alive for a bit, but you will not be able to kill anyone with any heals by yourself (baddies excluded).

I even created a special kiting spec for warrior/rogues, but with all their ports and DR on CC, it's really futile. I found Chlorodom the best way to go, but I got tired of fighting up hill battles.

hell, riftblade warriors spammable ranged attack hits full valor targets for 1600 damage. They could leave riftstorm as it is, if they took away all the ports and ranged attacks from warriors and lowered the melee range back to where it was. but they won't. Good luck!

[Jeremiahcp]

I PvP and do well on my mage. I am easily competitive ST damage/KBs vs warriors and rouges.

[Sorovos]

To the original poster. Chlorolock will keep you alive for a bit, but you will not be able to kill anyone with any heals by yourself (baddies excluded).

I even created a special kiting spec for warrior/rogues, but with all their ports and DR on CC, it's really futile. I found Chlorodom the best way to go, but I got tired of fighting up hill battles.

hell, riftblade warriors spammable ranged attack hits full valor targets for 1600 damage. They could leave riftstorm as it is, if they took away all the ports and ranged attacks from warriors and lowered the melee range back to where it was. but they won't. Good luck!

Yea I noticed Warriors gutting me rather quickly on Pyro, not to mention just out damaging me on Chloro/lock and Chloro/Dom

Just feels like everyone's damage is down, I mean a struggle to get to 200k, when before I did that in my sleep.

Going to see if they work on Necro this patch, if not, i'll probably just lvl my Rogue up instead, Why bother doing the uphill battle like ya said. It's been pretty ****ty ever since they nerfed CC in that one patch and left all the gap closers on the melee classes in.

[Berzz]

Just look up the top KB's in the leaderboards, and you will see that mages are competitive. (not sure about the sab on top)

Anyways if you are r40 and dont mind playing pyro, you are completely viable.

1v1 vs warriors can be sketchy but that is almost never the case in warfronts.

[Sorovos]

I was examining my old Chloro/Dom spec, and I got to thinking how annoyed I was to lose my speed burst out of the PvP line (not to mention the damage/crit bonus)

However I was thinking of doing Stormcallers for a kite build instead.

http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0z...xdIh0h.VGoh.-0

My current thoughts on it.

If anyone has suggestions i'd love to hear them

[Cime]

PVP lately feels like it's in the worst shape it has ever been. (main reason I play around once every month or less - sadly contemplating booting the ole' sub too).

But, some words of wisdom from the mouths of everyone that is NOT a mage:
1) squirrel is still OP
2) mages do more dmg/dps than EVERYONE else on the field
3) mages outheal AND outdps AND top KBs in warfronts all the time
4) warriors can NEVER catch a mage

Facts?
1) mage relies on squirrel to DO dps in hybrid builds
2) put ANY dmg (or ANY thing) in a mage's face and lol at the drop in that "top" dmg/dps
3) sigh, people still whine about chlorolock being OP --- REALLY?
4) they forgot to mention they suck donkey balls and don't know wtf they're doing

Any rate, good luck w/e you decide. Rogue is still a safe bet. I keep hearing rumors mages don't have an active dev anymore...shrug.

[Jeremiahcp]

Just look up the top KB's in the leaderboards, and you will see that mages are competitive. (not sure about the sab on top)

Anyways if you are r40 and dont mind playing pyro, you are completely viable.

1v1 vs warriors can be sketchy but that is almost never the case in warfronts.

All the leaderboard tells you is who plays the most.