No damage tax in 2.3!!Follow

http://www.curse.com/articles/details/3199/


Also nice changes to Evocate (15% of mana every 2 second tick, with the current guaranteed 4 ticks added in 2.2), and we get a nice little vending machine too (ie: food/water soulwell) =)

so basically spirit will go from semi useless to completely useless, we'll be doing even more dmg and giving people water wont be such a pain, sounds like
a good patch in my book

The change to evocation would be a massive nerf to pve mages.

I dont understand how removing the damage coefficient with improved fireball will help us.

Edited, Sep 26th 2007 11:43pm by tuvollation

Edited, Sep 26th 2007 11:43pm by tuvollation

Edited, Sep 27th 2007 12:06am by tuvollation

holy f-ing crap, thank god.

Because I knew that I would be depressed if I knew what I was missing, I never learned about the damage tax.

Now that it is coming back, could someone explain what it is (in layman's terms), how it has been gimping me, and what I can expect to see when it is taken away. I am already a 10/48/3 mage, so I am excited that I may be getting a buff.

Thanks!

Edited, Sep 27th 2007 8:41am by NCspaz

Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you !!!!!!!!! NO MORE 10% REDUCTION!!! I LOVE IT!!!!1

Indeed. It came about because the devs tested mages in Spellfire gear versus other DPS in Kara gear, which SUCKED BAD at the time(this was before they buffed Kara gear). Mages naturally did a ridiculous amount more damage and were consequently nerfed.

When people started getting equivalent gear, mages started dropping way behind the pack.

Whoa whoa whoa. So in the next patch, my Improved fireballs will effectively do 10% more dmg? What exactly is meant by coefficient in this context?

Without factoring in the adjustment that currently exists, losing .5 seconds off your cast time raises dps by 16.66% I believe. Are you telling me that, due to the current coefficent reduction, the dps boost is really only:

16.66% - 10% = 6.66%?

Or is it 10% less than 16.66%:

16.66% * (1-adjustment) = 16.66% * 90% = 15%?

Or is it, you know, something else altogether. /cornfused

ONE: http://www.wowblues.com/eu/upcoming-changes-for-the-mage-class-1017251724.html

Here is a little more mage goodness.

TWO:

The coefficient that we're talking about, being the damage tax, is the Bonus Spell Damage coefficient.

Most spells have a certain % gained from Spell Damage gear. This is why it always says "Increases Spell Damage and Healing by up to 75" or whatever. Generally, longer casts have higher coefficients, which means they get more effect from the bonus spell damage. DoTs and HoTs (I'm sure of the latter, not of the former) get 100% spell coefficients because, even though they're instant casts, the effect's duration usually is longer than a 3.5 second cast.

Here's a good way to see it: http://www.wowwiki.com/Spell_Damage_Coefficients

Apparently, someone already updated this page for 2.3

Oh my God. I'm gonna die, this is AWESOME! Woo! I'm hyper now (might be from the Monster I just drank, but who cares?!) I love my life now!

POWAH TO TEH MAGES!!1!1!!1!

ExPerson

Here's what the link says for those who missed it:

Here is a small list of changes to the Mage class that are expected to be implemented in the next content patch:

* Fire Ward and Frost Ward now gain additional benefit from spell damage bonuses. Base absorb values of ranks 5 and 6 have been reduced.

* Ice Barrier now gains additional benefit from spell damage bonuses. Base absorb values of ranks 5 and 6 have been reduced.

* Detect Magic removed. All players may now see their target's beneficial effects at all times.

* Arcane Meditation (Arcane) increased to 10/20/30% mana regeneration.

* Evocation now regenerates 15% of total mana every 2 seconds rather than increase Spirit based regeneration.

* (NEW SPELL) Ritual of Refreshment available on trainers at level 70.

* Improved Fireball: The reduction in damage coefficient caused by this talent has been removed.

* Improved Frostbolt: The reduction in damage coefficient caused by this talent has been removed.

In line with 2.3, I have been toying with the idea of going out of 10/48/3 to this Build for raiding with arcane meditation

any comments? No elemental precision bugs me a little or should I just make the push towards arcane? I should be able to complete my spellfire set soon.