[Cataclysm] Hot Streak talent not working as intended

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  • Mode: Cataclysm Classic
  • Character: Wukami-Mankrik (same character on PTR, too)

The Hot Streak talent is not granting random Hot Streak procs off of crits. I thought, initially, it might be because of Improved Hot Streak, though procs have felt really inconsistent and low compared to early Beta testing.
Turns out, when I removed Improved Hot Streak, I was unable to get any procs at all after about 200 casts with crits happening often enough (40% crit rate before debuffs and glyphs).

I believe Improved Hot Streak is working as intended.

As a reminder, the talent description:
Your spells no longer trigger Arcane Missiles. Instead, your critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Scorch, Pyroblast, or Fire Blast have a chance to cause your next Pyroblast spell cast within 15 sec to be instant cast and cost no mana.

The Arcane Missiles “disable” seems to work, but the random procs are gone. I should add that Improved Hot Streak never “disabled” the random procs of Hot Streak, it was additive, allowing for more consistency in procs based on crit chaining.

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The ui won’t even tell us if we have heating up so its hard to tell when anything works properly.

I’ve confirmed multiple times that I’ve crit twice in succession with no improved hot streak rewarded.

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Research done during the original release of Cataclysm suggests that the non-Improved Hot Streak talent diminishes in value with your crit chance, dropping to 0% chance to proc around 46% crit chance. You may be encountering this mechanic:

https://web.archive.org/web/20110807220944/http://elitistjerks.com/f75/t110326-cataclysm_fire_mage_compendium/#Additional_Notes_on_Specific_Talents