Comments on: Mage DPS – Mage Hit Rating Caps And Spell Hit Rating

By: Alakharza

Alakharza — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:05:21 +0000

That is because in the arcane tree you talented 3/3 Arcane Focus, good for a 3% hit boost, but it’s good for Arcane spells only, hence the hit deficiency with Fire and Frost spells cast at level 83 mobs (raid bosses). Since you won’t be casting any Fire or Frost spells at raid bosses as an Arcane mage–unless you lose a bet–you can ignore the hit rating deficiency for your Fire and Frost spells. Happy raiding!

By: Tenarra

Tenarra — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:47:13 +0000

Looking at Be Imba for my arcane mage, it says my arcane hit rating is valid and can be reduced by 7, then it says my fire/frost are deficient by 72. How does one add a specific hit rating? Don’t I just need to add hit rating or should I ignore it?

By: suikotsu

suikotsu — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:48:59 +0000

you can also include if there is a moonkin in your group with improved farie fire. so another 3% hit

By: nightshade

nightshade — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:54:46 +0000

just wanted do know if u were ever going to come out with a druid guide?

By: DRIBBLES

DRIBBLES — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:45:26 +0000

I have played a mage for a long time now.. I have tried the all sp and all haste gem setups. I find that a 2 sec ab is nice and I dont go oom fast. so I stack up about 550 haste then sp. making sure to try and get me gem slot colors and meta gem active at the same time. I fine the most common mistake a new arcane mage makes is “1,1,2….1,1,2″ arcane is a lot about mana conservation and lasting the fight.( and not pulling agro off your tank with your 10 k dps) a dead or oom mage does how much dps? a big fat 0

By: Lawbringer

Lawbringer — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:58:14 +0000

You are right – SP is NOT the only gem you should ever use for a mage. Looking at the plots for the Simcraft engine for mages SP and Haste scale equally well, so the best bang for the buck is the Reckless Ametrine, although I will generally use the Runed Cardinal Ruby in Red slots and Quick King’s Amber in Yellow slots. Gemming for SP only is definitely not the way to go.

By: Dyan

Dyan — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:37:09 +0000

Yep, you are 100% right on the money when it comes to us casters, Lawbringer. Glad you immediately replied to the ignorant one, saying exactly what needed to be said.

By: Dyan

Dyan — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:33:09 +0000

Your ignorance is showing.

By: Stylth

Stylth — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:28:47 +0000

rogues, fury warriors, and dual wield frost DKs get hit hard w/ the hit cap. I can only accurately speak for the rogue community, but here’s the deal:

The rogue naked, untalented, hit cap is 880. It’s crazy. But, every rogue should have precision which drops that cap down to 689. This is, for 99.9999+% of the rogue community, the hard cap.

Gemming to this cap might be necessary until you get and average item lvl of 226 or better. Once you start getting items from ToC and up, and T9 or T10- all the hit you need should come from gear.

For you Mutilate rogues out there, where the fear of a dodged envenom dropping your SnD, most of your expertise should come from gear as well. If your gear puts you at 18/18 or better, do not gem/chant for expertise. That last little bit of expertise will only top off your expertise percentage. While getting rid of that <2% dodge/parry would be nice, stacking another 200 AP would be much better.

Getting back to our caster friends, ignore that last bit about expertise. It is only for melee. Healers, hit rating is for dps and mP5 is for you. If no one wants a piece, either piece can go to either member. A little extra mana regen would certainly help that 10k dpser who goes OOM. Some extra hit would help for beating those ugly enrage timers. HOWEVER, crossing needing on these will give you the worst raid buff ever: Buff of Boot

Tanks- get spell capped! In order to check this, go to the spells tab on your character sheet. It will show you what percent you have. Long story short- a six letter word can wipe your raid. "Resist"

By: hotashell

hotashell — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:35:14 +0000

1 spell missed = 0 dps for that cast and even when ur hit capped you still don’t gem only sp. A hit cApped arcane mAge best scaling stat is haste fyi
I thought this was a great post as well as laws rebuttal
Gj guys!