My opinion on some of the arcane mage talents:
- Radiant Spark - this ability should go. It’s not traditionally part of arcane’s toolkit and feels alien to the spec. It’s also not forgiving or fun.
- Rune Power - this ability needs to go. Currently, it’s the most powerful mage talent for every spec. It’s basically, the class-defining ability. But it doesn’t work well in today’s movement heavy content and is not fun.
- Siphon Storm - get rid of it. Traditional arcane mage behavior has always been about mana management. A big part of that was controlling mana usage and choosing when to evocate. This talent breaks all that and turns evocation into “just another dps cooldown”. It needs to go.
- Arcane Surge - Unlike the previously mentioned abilities, this one isn’t horrible. But it feels foreign to the spec and isn’t very intuitive. Arcane Power, which it replaced, was more fun. Get rid of this ability and replace with Arcane Power.