SKB feels absolutely terrible to play outside of coordinated groups. The buff should definitely last 30 seconds just like the “build up” buff lasts. I am not the greatest player but I’ve lost more combust procs in M+ than I’d like to admit.
Rune of Power offering a 40% damage increase is just crazy when I think about it. That figure is just too high, and the rest of the class needs an adjustment. What other class has a button like this? I’m not sure how to rework it tbh without just wanting to remove it. At the very least, I am glad that pressing Combust automatically drops a RoP, and that this ability rewards skilled movement and planning around mechanics.
I also agree with the sentiment that we should slow the class down, because it can feel spammy. It’s an uncomfortable spot where the class plays extremely fast, but you have to intermittently hardcast slow spells. I don’t think that getting rid of scorch and making fireball cast quicker would be the best solution for this.
The real problem that needs to be addressed is that blizzard made fire mage into an uptime class. I don’t know how to fix it, but the spec needs some attention.