There was absolutely no reason for arcane missiles to be made only usable during clearcasting. This is the dumbest change for arcane mages.
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same as my 50% chance to cast two extra frost bolts … now nerfed, only works with icy viens. Total crap imo, in fact, honestly, this entire patch seems a real big let down … mostly nerfs, no new content, and the little content that was offered is broken . lol.
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Actually, there was. This takes Missiles closer to the Cataclysm era of the spell where it was an activation proc. Difference being that that proc can stack now and Missiles is significantly more valuable than it was then.
Disliking the change doesn’t mean it was needlessly made.
Patch isn’t mostly nerfs, prepatch event is next week (iirc). System updates tend to need some ironing out.
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Your opinion that what it was during Cata being correct is also subjective
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My opinion? Blizzard’s dev team stated their goals with this in an update post about Arcane a bit back. I didn’t say the Cataclysm version of Missiles is correct or better, I said that there was a reason it was changed.
OP is implying there was no reason at all to make this change, when there was. If we want to go into why, it would be that the Dragonflight version of Missiles had become degenerate in usage due to intended/technically valued gameplay involving clipping the channel.
Most of the content in this patch is the new expansion, which doesn’t relaase for another month. It’s not really a content patch. It’s the “let’s fix all the problems before the real launch” patch.
Was there a reason to even use Arcane Missiles outside of Clearcasting procs? I never pressed missiles unless I had Clearcasting up because of the buffs.
In most cases, no. Even using it with procs, there was incentive to clip the channel, and now it’s incentivized to not clip it at all unless something drastically changed with Missiles’ relative power since I last played it on Beta.
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Interesting. I don’t really play Mage. Usually just fool around in LFR and Normal raids, so I was legitimately curious.
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I used arcane missles alot and this really gutted me. Been playing since pre cata and first time complaining… SO unhappy with this!
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YES! I used them all the time. I like to do world PVp and the auto tracking arcane missles provided when fighting rogues was crucial.
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Hmm. They did condense some abilities i suppose.
I used Arcane missles as filler between the other spells that i have no idea what they do but i slap them silly when off cooldown.
Yes, this exactly. Arcane mages now have like 2 maybe 3 instant attacks that do not have a casting time. But 99% of the spells have a cool down. So, taking a spell that was instant cast and making it useless without clearcasting was in fact dumb. Arcane mages are basically worthless right now. I enjoyed it because I enjoy leveling in different zones. I don’t give a crap about joining dungeons or raids. Arcane Missiles help when you level by yourself and you need distance, because obviously mages are not melee characters.
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I dont get this change. It was perfect the way it was. I get they are going for the era of dynamic wow, but at least make it easier for me to get clearcast. 8% and 1 ability isnt enough proc. And no talents make it proc more often from what i see.
Fun fact for all here: I hear it was 10% in the beta. They made it proc less lol
Just hit us with the same thing you did with earthquake. Give us Talents that let us choose to make it proc vs instant cast.
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Same here. Not just for the rotation, but almost anytime I wanted an instant cast. I never realized there was a connection to clearcasting until now. It’s absence is very disturbing. With CC the CC disappears before I can use it half the time. Please put it back the way it was.
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That’s lame. It was fun to obliterate ordinary quest mobs with arcane missiles spam.
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I went from not dying and slaying mobs to dying 5 times in a matter of minutes and can’t kill anything. I really hope they change it back but I doubt it.
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No! You must press arcane blast twice! Now three times because scaling! Now twice again because scaling!
This is very excite. Much engaging.
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Homies were casting missiles without Clearcasting?
Aluneth whispers: Your frail frame cannot maintain this pace.
Parfait: lol arcane missiles go brrr
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