Picked fire mage this expansion and nobody will invite me to anything because of it 
So pick up another class 
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Play Arcane, theyāre pretty dope 
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You bet, i have a couple 60s from shadowlands. Might go lock, pally or dh
Switch to arcane then, they have good DPS this time around
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Arcane is the best dps spec in the game right now, itās very rare that all 3 specs of a class are all good.
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And as we all know itās impossible to change specs or roll another class and easily n quickly hit level cap.
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I believe in you. Also, if your logs are awesome, I will take you no matter what spec.
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wouldnāt say we are the ābest in the gameā thats probably hunters or rogues.
but arcane certainly could be in a far worse spotā¦ iād say overall its sorta middle of the pack, but can easily climb up into the top % in certain scenarios (but also has a handful of fights where we are better off just standing off to the side shouting encouragement for all the good we do.)
so, not great, not horrible. could probably do with a ālittleā improvements here and there. but out of the 3 mage specs certainly doing the best.
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In terms of overall DPS sure, but Arcaneās burst makes them the best class in the game for actually beating encounters.
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depends on the length of the encounter, shorter fights yeah. the burst is great. but anything more prolonged and we start lagging behind, especially if its got a lot of aoe/cleave. or even worseā¦ MOVEMENT!!! que spider boss ptsd
Make your own group, stick it to the man!
Rogue players reading this hoping their class doesnāt get mentioned
You canāt hide 
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This is incorrect.
Itās the best mage spec in the game right now.
Even long fights have burst checks where having burst is just better than overall damage.
EG Razageth gives you a 75% damage buff at regular intervals in phase 2. Arcane is spec best positioned to take advantage of it. Thereās a reason the top guilds are playing multiple arcane mages.
Spider boss is all about killing the big add fast. Who does that best? Arcane.
Almost all of the hardest dungeon bosses are made much easier with burst damage too.
Tree boss? All about bursting lashers after tree casts burst forth
Azureblade? Burst adds
Raging Tempest? Collect balls, burst with damage amp
etc etc
maybe a better way to put it is. arcane mage is very -sittuationally- good. there are some fights that we do REALLY well at. but most of the others we are just sorta āokayā and a handful that are rather painful.
which isnāt bad, I actually think thats a pretty healthy spot for a spec to be in, some strengths, some weaknesses, etc. but its also a far cry from being āthe best dps spec in the gameā
destruction is great.
In fights where burst doesnāt matter, Arcane is only one of the best specs.
In fights where burst matters (which is most of them), Arcane is the best spec in the game.
Man itās gets tiring to see, ājust respec bruhā because itās not much of a solution if the spec in question isnāt one you enjoy.
Like with mages, Iāve never enjoyed Arcane as anything more than the pool of secondary enhancer talents it was in Vanilla. No matter how theyāve changed Arcane over the years Iāve always found it grating, so thereās no way Iām gonna respec to it.
Obviously every spec canāt be the best but thereās no reason for any of them to outright suck to the point that they no longer get invites. Itās perfectly possible to get the performance of the difference specs within shooting distance of each other, but blizz evidently doesnāt think thatās a goal worth trying for.