Hi I recently played Druid for a long time but got bored. I hear that fire mage has all the dps and I wanted to try that. It was ok but what’s better in the endgame? Balance Druid or Fire mage?
Mage. The day balance druid is better than fire mage in end game…I will be one very happy boy to say the least.
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Ok but what about mobility? I know mages roll in dps but mobility is kind of average. If portals counted then mage I everyway.
Fire mage is the top dps spec in the game currently for raw damage. Outside of that, it depends on what you’re looking for.
Mages have 2 blinks, druids have dash + Wild Charge + movement speed from cat form. It’s honestly a bit of a toss up, but in general druid likely wins out.
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Ok thanks. Mage dps and Druid mobility. Then how about mythic + or raids? And maybe just normal dungeons just cause…
With a druid you can play multiple roles…but if you’re just looking at balance and mage specifically, a geared mage brings like 2-3x the burst of a boomkin, but requires the group to play around them a bit to be effective. Pug groups aren’t always going to make pulls or wait on you to set up going into Combustion. Balance also provides more utility than mage.
If you’re looking to actually gear out a mage (there are a lot of steps) and play with a coordinated group consistently, mage is honestly the way to go…but Balance is likely better with pick up and play groups.
I know that druids have some useful stuff like Brez but mage has that time warp and other group stuff. By utility I think mages have more. But maybe you’re right about picking up and playing groups. I think druids are also more popular than mages by the looks of it. Then there I also do lots of pvp and BG’s. Not really into healing but what’s the best DPS for BG’s and other pvp stuff?
If its caster you want to play, remember that mage has 3 specs and one of them will always be good. Druid has 1 caster spec, and depending on scaling and how far into an expansion it is it can be good or bad, but you got no other caster options.
Mage also brings the int buff.
Well yeah pvp mages does well but Druid’s prowl thing is also a good one. Running around undetected.
Personally, I prefer balance druid over fire mage any day when it comes to play style. But fire no doubt comes out on top over balance druid in terms of damage. I also like that druid has a healer off spec for when I want to heal (usually what I do in PvP). But if you don’t care about that and just want to play a good caster then go mage. Because like someone else said, they still have 2 other dps specs if one is doing poorly at any given moment.
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I’m also a Druid lover here but the mage is just making me think again. It just irritates me dying all over as a Druid in pve pvp and world pvp (except it starts good as you can typhoon them off cliffs). Mage has even better stuff like portals. Int buff. Damage. All in one class. But Druid animals forms is just something I love. Hmm. Also druids have different themes like resto plant. Guardian bear those stuff. Mage also have those fire frost and arcane. So it’s really tough deciding… I guess the reason people do druids cause they are super versatile. Water and air and land mobility. Prowl. Melee and ranged. But people also do mages just cause they wanna seriously ruin someone’s life.
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