Why did arcane get pruned? 
Was it owning in BFA pvp that hard?
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No but the PvP folks cried way too much about finally facing a caster they couldnāt close in on 100% of the time so Blizzard killed it. There were literally several threads every day on the mage forums by people from other classes crying out it, lol. Still donāt see why we had to lose it in PvE thoughā¦ especially given our huge mobility issues.
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Was that the āCaster no die in 3 globals, is broken please nerf Blizzā thread?
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LEL! Pretty much. 
ā¦but like why? I mean, BfA arcane wasnāt even close to being a strong pvp class anyways, was it? I only took out my mage out of Legion dalaran for the last patch, lol
Displacement is the least of Arcaneās worries right now.
You can have displacement back but itās mana cost is increased by 1000% and the distance you can go is dependent on how many arcane charges you have. Itās also now a proc system and you have to constantly move to fish for a proc and the proc only lasts 3 sec before it goes away.
Might as well add more mixed mechanics to the spell to fit the new arcane m-o.
Hot. Mess.
Literally no other reason than enough people complained about it because having to deal with it annoyed them in PvP. The crying was so bad Blizzard literally memed it in their fake April 1st patch notes a few years ago. 
It was actually pretty strong, but played so differently from normal arcane that people didnāt try it. More like an affliction warlock.