I know I make constant arcane posts but I want to point out inconsistencies that make for what seems to be unfair gameplay specifically by comparison between specs.
Greater Invis should be maybe on a shorter cooldown and only for arcane but everyone gets that. Everyone gets alter time and before anyone even brings up Temporal Shield is for arcane but THAT IS A PVP ABILITY YOU MUST CHOOSE.
Cold Snap and Cauterize are in the tree to my knowledge… what is arcane’s equivalent ability?
Wrong forum broski
Oh snap! Thanks for the heads up.
Prismatic Barrier (unironically)
Cauterize and Cold Snap are not pvp talents that you must choice. They are in the tree. If prismatic barrier was in the tree then that would make sense.
It’s almost like mages have been complaining about this change since the talent trees were first released…
But yeah, arcane’s defensive equivalent is [Improved Prismatic Barrier] which, next patch, will increase the magic damage reduction of Prismatic barrier from 15% to 25% and the duration of magic effects gets further reduced from 25% to 40%.
When Mass Barrier goes live, it might be nice for group utility, but it’s nowhere close to what Frost and Fire get for themselves. Blizzard has had plenty of opportunities to move Cauterize and Cold Snap to the general tree or to move Alter Time / Master of Time or Displacement to the arcane tree. They have made 0 efforts to do that and continue to allow arcane to have no comparable defensive talent.
arcane gets good dps
Arcane gets supernova. But nobody takes it.
That part. It’s inconsistent and ridiculous given that you give the better defensives in the talent tree to the specs with instant casts.
Arcane has to cast mostly everything including its bursts (which means icy floes is a NECESSITY otherwise prepared to get trained by melee at all times).
Arcanes problem has never really been casters, it’s melee so this change does absolute crap for us especially against most casters that purge the ability off anyway. Now if they make it so arcane shields cant be purged, that is different.
Because its trash. You waste a global cooldown to basically interrupt someone from casting. Youre not doing damage over time. So by the time they hit the floor, they casting again. Greater invis and Mass invis work just fine.
Insert “YOU GET NOTHING” meme.