Should there be spec or talent option upon fire, to create Battle Mage? Where it’s a mixture of physical and shorter-range spell-casting (Like Evoker) abilities?
I feel it could be fun, and spice things up a bit. Obviously pour some additional defenses in, like 250 - 300% armor or something (They’re clothies, so even 300% isn’t as big as it seems).
For those that are confused about me stating ‘Talent option for fire’ - for this kind of playstyle, what I mean by that is: You could simply transfuse fire-spec with a talent choice, that transforms certain abilities into others upon selection of the talent. Somewhat like a stance, however upon selecting the talent, it’s NOT a ‘Turn off & on’ - It would simply act as a passive core-mechanic upon the spec / class.
Some transformative abilities could be like:
- Pyroblast → Pyroblade: Slash the target with your weapon, dealing (185.234% of Spell power) Fire damage. Initial damage would still be increased by 5% when the target is above 70% health or below 30% health. Ability would have 3.5 Second Cooldown. Physical Range
- Scorch → Scorching Dash: Dash to your target with blazing speed, slashing them with (26% of Spell power) fire damage. 30 yard range. 4 second cooldown.
- Fireblast & Phoenix Flames would remain the same, however distance reduced to 25 yards (Down from 40).
- Dragon’s Breath & Blazing barrier will remain the same.
- Fireball → Flaming Slash: Strike the target with your weapon, dealing (114.27% of Spell power) Fire damage. Physical Range
- Additional Ability: Bloodmagi’s Radiance: Three fiery orbs swirl around you, hitting a target within it’s range dealing (90% Spell-Power) Fire-damage per orb. Each orb can only detonate within 1.5 seconds of one another. Multiple targets can be hit with a singular detonation. 1 minute Cooldown.
— Now do keep in mind, this is all mere inspired speculation of how the class spec could - Be played - Not that’s how it should be. I’m merely throwing ideas to amuse, inspire, gesture & discuss 
Feel free to share your own speculations & ideas upon ‘Battle-Mage’ / ‘Blood-Mage’ along with your agreeance, or perhaps various extensions upon what’s above that could be made to improve the viability & enjoyment of the playstyle. 