blizzard has stated in the past they dont want every class to be able to cast while moving…
yet here we are with a mage that can cast another spell at the same time as moving
blink should not be able to be casted while casting another ability…this doesnt even make sense…how does a mage cast 2 spells at the same time??
It’s not blink, it’s shimmer. There’s a difference.
Meh. It is once per 20 seconds, or twice if you take shimmer.
In essence it allows a mage to grt out of the bad, whatever that bad is, during one spell cast
It is not free reign casting and running.
Shimmer and Scorch? Lol
Bow down to your 0.1% of max HP hitting Scorch Mage Overlords
Oh didn’t even realize it wasn’t blink also. Yeah not a big deal imo
Blink breaks you out of stuns, but does not allow uninterrupted casting while shimmer takes away the stun feature but gives you the ability to keep casting. Most importantly for him to understand is it is a talent choice. 
Yeah. I play a mage alt and missed that.
But I have shimmer so there is that haha.
Thanks for the clarification.
It’s an arguable point. It was alot more fun when shaman could cast lightning bolt whole moving.
It’s merely a matter of adjusting damage accordingly. Other games do it but they don’t make the micro adjustments to damage to make it fair to melee (in pvp). I’m talking about eso and gw2 ofc.
Mages are, for whatever reason, a Blizz favorite and they don’t try to hide it.
Shamans lost their blink because it was too much like the Mage ability. Meanwhile they took Bloodlust. Shaman used to have LB on the move until Blizz remembered we aren’t mage then that went out the window.
And we have to trade stun/root removal for it.
Because we are awesome! You want to play the ultimate class you play a mage. Take myself for example, you can play the ultimate class AND undeniably the ultimate race. /Gnome laugh
(unless your Horde then it’s Forsaken)
As a Warlock, we just have to sit and take the bad. Casting is supposed to hurt. Heck, I’m a Warlock - everything is supposed to hurt.
Warlocks also take significantly less damage than mages do. I swear my 430 destro lock tanks hits almost twice as well as my 448 frost/fire mage does.
…But that’s why blink/shimmer is a thing.