Mage feels really bloated or over complicated

[Mythlos-stormrage]

I made a whole thread describing the issues with Arcane. Probably better to just link it.

Arcane talent tree needs to be reworked

The Arcane talent tree has some major issues that need to be addressed, and I’m frankly a little shocked that it’s not talked about more often throughout my absence throughout the last year. 1 - Siphon Storm is too strong and Evocation’s purpose is weak. It’s undeniable that a 14% damage buff with up to 40% uptime is a very strong passive buff at very little cost. Its apparent best usage is just before Arcane Surge, to maximize the damage of the ability and stack the damage modifiers. However…

I just don’t think Arcane is in a good place right now, even though it’s good numerically. Ironically the least enjoyment I’ve gotten from it in raids when it’s at its strongest. Probably because the biggest offenders are just massive force multiplier outliers that dominate the entire spec.

I play a different build in M+ that doesn’t have any of the talents I linked (except Shifting Power but what you gonna do though I just hit it on cooldown when my only major CD is Surge). Got 3K IO on it easily though I basically quit the expansion for now. It just sucks that it’s terrible on ST.