Why did you add a requirement to use arcane missiles now i gotta ger clearcasting to use it that make it worthless spell to use
I dont like how most specs are now actually i cant do good damage like i did before now i gotta respect to a different class just to make up the damage thanks blizz for this f up
bro you’re an actual moron learn to play a spec for longer than one iteration of it
this is how it was in legion and people loved it. you’re just used to brain rot spamming a filler button that had far less impact than it does now
seems like fury warrior is more your type maybe play that instead
It makes the spell better. You shouldn’t be using it outside of your procs.
No it doesn’t it was better before the change
How was it better?
It wasn’t.
If they were talking about pre legion cc proc missiles, then yeah it was better. You could have cc procs for days without feeling like you had to fish for centuries at some point. You just almost always had them.
But, nah, the prior iteration with procs on mana was never better.
I totally do not understand Arcane mage ,now. I’m probably going back to fire. Missiles on clearcasting just feels broken.
It’s the best spell for outdoor trash that dies fast. I shouldn’t need to be popping Cds for outdoor trash. It was so much better on dailies just to go missile > Missle> Barrage… Missile>missle>barrage, after you got your raid gear.
The new change to arcane missiles is really stupid. Without the spell, all you can really do is spam Arcane Blast. Arcane Missiles was the coolest of all Arcane Mage Spells and now they killed it. Arcane Missiles was my go to spell when fighting enemies.
unreal how stupid the average mage player is
I have no problem with Arcane Missiles being on Clearcasting only. That said, I do take issue with the extremely low chance for a Clearcasting proc. On my Arcane mage alt, I did a bit of the new event to gear him up, and Arcane Missiles seemed to have about a 10% proc chance at most. On the Remembered Lich King fight, I might have had Clearcasting happen three or four times over a five minute fight.
prob just a kid i kinda get it then
Well you know what would make everyone happy? Make baseline AMs behave like CC ones. And then when you do get a CC proc it replaces AM with Arcane Tactical Nuke which just one shots your target. 
On a serious note, I understand where players are coming from when they say they want AMs to always be available but really if you were using them before without a CC proc it was just to finish off a trash mob because you didn’t feel like casting another AB. It was a nice QoL to have but the price we had to pay for it is that AM was a terrible ability because Blizzard can’t figure out how to balance the spell properly.
So at the end of the day the current iteration is much better than the previous one. They also recently buffed the baseline CC proc rate or fixed a bug that was causing it to be lower than intended so things right now feel pretty smooth.
This x 10. I’ve been doing +14-15 keys on my mage these past 2 weeks and arcane is a blast. I get loads of CC procs and rotation is super smooth/fun to play.
Dude, that was one of the best changes they did, to stop the mindless arcane missiles spam. Especially with arcane harmony.
Missiles should not be used outside of clearcast, missiles should be your proc ability that does a lot of damage per execute. And that’s exactly what it does.
Out of the things you could complain about you chose this? Come on, get serious.
Even for leveling this isn’t a big deal, just use blast, you still gonna destroy everything.
Just pure nonsense in this discussion.
Would like a CD that just procs Clearcasting, then. Because right now it procs right when all the mobs in the pile die at which point it’s a waste to use, and you have to walk to the next bunch of mobs with it sitting there procced.
Evocation procs it.
They should up the proc rate of Clearcast a bit though, or at least guarantee a proc with touch of the magi.
Good point, can use that every third or 4th pile.
Actually, make presence of mind give you 2 stacks of clear instead of making your next blasts insta cast
I thought of another reason why the change is stupid. What do you do when an enemy gets into your face? Sure you could use blast wave, but they will still be back in your face in a few seconds. Arcane Blast isn’t good enough to protect yourself.