Shimmer/Ice floes should not be a choice node

Classes Mage
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PLEASE make one of these baseline or allow us to talent into both. It makes sense why Blizzard would make this a choice node as they both allow casting while moving, but this is the only talent choice I’ve encountered in any spec I have played that legitimately feels bad no matter which option I take…because I love both talents.

While certain fights and dungeons benefit more from one over the other, regularly switching between them feels awful because you are constantly reminded how much you miss the one you aren’t taking…so I think most people just always pick one or the other…and that’s usually shimmer. I just think it would be so much more fun to be able to have both and I don’t think it would break the class or anything and would only increase our dps a tiny bit.

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Not a good idea. Can you imagine mage in pvp? They would be untouchable. I love both talents as well, but mage is already one of the most mobile casters. They would have to double cd of shimmer and with only 1 charge just to kind of balance it out. Among other nerfs. I’d say we’re in a good spot rn

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What they could do is just remove shimmer and give baseline blink the shimmer treatment (off the gcd and removes snares/stuns).

Allows us to talent into:

Ethereal Blink:
Blink can be used while silenced.

Ice Flows:
Cast while moving.

Then remove the cool down talents on blink, and there ya go. Baseline 15 seconds.

Shimmer truly is nice, but I also like being able to cast and channel while moving.

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