Upcoming Mage Redesigns in Patch 10.1.5
Blizzard has made a large post regarding the state of Mages and upcoming design changes in Dragonflight Patch 10.1.5: Fractures in Time, including the removal of Rune of Power, new tree capstones, and more!
Hello fellow Mages! In the Fractures in Time PTR, we have some updates coming to both the Class and Arcane talent trees. We’re also working on changes for Fire and Frost in future PTR builds.Below, we’ll cover some high-level changes as well as our plans moving forward.Class The current Mage class tree has a variety of talents which offer a variety of utility and survivability talents options, but with its current layout, a lot of that choice feels difficult to navigate. This is due to the nature of their current capstones and how impactful and important they are to the overall rotation for each of the specs.
In Fractures in Time, we’re making a few changes such as making some abilities baseline, removing Rune of Power, a slightly new tree layout, and adding 3 new capstone abilities to replace Shifting Power and Meteor. We’ll highlight some of those larger changes below.Rune of Power We’re removing Rune of Power from the class tree and shifting some of its loss power directly into all Mage abilities that deal damage.
While the decision to remove Rune of Power wasn’t easy, we feel it is best for the long-term health of the class. Fighting within a Rune of Power is almost mandatory to maximize your damage as a Mage and any sort of mechanic that forces you out of it for a prolonged period of time ends up feeling incredibly punishing to your overall throughput.
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