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by Brilliance, Level 29
Last updated at January 4, 2009, 3:57 am
This is you!



You're a gnome mage and new to arenas you say? It's a big world out there, so let's get right down to how we can help you tackle that nasty, mean arena all with enough time left to eat that wonderful meatloaf dinner your Mom put on the table!

But where do we start you ask? Well my friend that's an easy answer! We start with talking about the "skills" you need to be able to win at the arena game! Will said skills pay the bills? Why yes, you'll be a good, hard-working American yet!

So you've heard of this Arcane Barrage skill, but want to see what it looks like in action. Never fear! We have a little photo here to show you what you can do with this simple little button placed on that clean action bar.



Fun! Who doesn't like clouds? That's right, champ, you're well on your way to being an all-star! Be sure to remember when that shiny button flashes every 3 seconds that it's time to hit that space bar and jump in style. That's it! It's always good to look your best when displaying your amazing talent.

Example!



Doing well! What's that you ask? Certainly there has to be more than can be done. Absolutely! Look closely and you'll see that you can throw balls of fire the size of a truck at will! With 30% more destruction included! Haha, that's right buddy, life is always good. Those Ruins of Lordaeron arenas can get awfully cold!

Oh no, someone gave you a boo-boo? It's ok, tiger, don't forget to encase yourself in unbreakable ice for 10 seconds. Will it hurt? Only the people who were foolish enough to try to focus on you!

With this little lesson you're ready to head into the highly skilled world of arenas with a bounce in your step and a heart full of gold. Remember that PvP is about skill, and finesse, and nothing says finesse like a big flaming fireball and arcane barrage in the middle of the air while spinning into an iceblock! Nothing but 10s from the judges!

Congratulations! The meat loaf is fresh on the table. Your parents will be so darn proud to see how well you're doing. So enjoy that meal, you've earned it! Being so good requires a hearty meal, so eat those greens and get good rest. Good mages like you deserve it, and give this tutorial a nice +1 for helping you become so awesome!














     
41 comments
Subparbdf
Subparbdf Jan 4, 2009 at 4:00 am
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Subparbdf
Subparbdf Jan 4, 2009 at 4:03 am
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Intelligent discussion vs mindless qq with pictures.

You got me there.
TeeKoo
TeeKoo Jan 4, 2009 at 11:43 am
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Brilliance
Brilliance Jan 4, 2009 at 4:09 am
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These blogs are generally light-hearted and for lulz. If you took it seriously that's your bag!

Not like people can fault mages for speccing that way, and it's not like the spec supplies more options for them.

So laugh, or take it seriously!
Subparbdf
Subparbdf Jan 4, 2009 at 4:50 am unhide comment
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Windex
Windex Jan 4, 2009 at 8:08 am
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I will say it's rather less difficult to kill a Warlock or a Priest, and they can't even fight back!
kznlol
kznlol Jan 4, 2009 at 4:46 pm
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Subparbdf said
You talk like it's hard to beat an arcane mage.
Unless you're a rogue, you're just dealing with bad mages.
Yiska
Yiska Jan 4, 2009 at 5:04 pm
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Or boomkin with space/pillars.
Bronxie
Bronxie Jan 4, 2009 at 5:45 pm
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No I'm pretty sure any half decent rogue can smoke any half decent mage.
kznlol
kznlol Jan 4, 2009 at 9:41 pm
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Bronxie said
No I'm pretty sure any half decent rogue can smoke any half decent mage.
Unless you're shadowdance or crit on everything, no, you're not consistently getting an arcane mage (at least, not a gnome engineer one) with the right spec/glyphs down before you explode.
Subparbdf
Subparbdf Jan 4, 2009 at 7:17 pm
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Lol @ angry bads downvoting my mage comment because they cant manage to beat them.
Brilliance
Brilliance Jan 4, 2009 at 7:22 pm
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The only reason people downvote you is because your comments look like you opened up the pages of "generic WoW ******* tough talk" and tried to pretend it was unique or that it made you somehow cool.

This is the internet.

The internet.

Internet.
Subparbdf
Subparbdf Jan 5, 2009 at 1:00 am
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You are a ******.

A ******.

******.
wisdomcube
wisdomcube Jan 4, 2009 at 8:19 am
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Arcane mages are probably the most broken thing right now with wow, maybe rogues. At least resilience helps against rogues slightly...only slightly.
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nzgs Jan 4, 2009 at 8:54 am
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sorry but nothing comes close to deathknights. Arcane/mut/BM are all easily killable. DK/paladins have just as much damage (just not as front loaded) and far more survivability/utility than is warranted.
kavekk
kavekk Jan 4, 2009 at 10:27 am
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And it's only not as front loaded because they're Unholy. Blood has completely ridiculous frontload potential with DRW.
Capstone
Capstone Jan 4, 2009 at 9:43 am
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this is the fifth season that frost is better than arcane and people go on and on about arcane because that's what hit them harder

complain about fingers of frost or something christ
Veyl
Veyl Jan 4, 2009 at 12:09 pm
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Frost is amazing, but frost can still be somewhat controlled and in that sense it is balanced. Putting pressure on a frost mage dramatically affects their damage, which I feel is good design because it is very costly to pressure a frost mage and a good frost mage can handle pressure very well.

Arcane however, is not as strong or well rounded, but puts out way to much initial pressure and there is almost no way to mitigate it. Yes, PoM is avoidable with grounding/clos/iceblock etc. but you can't really rely on grounding PoM every game vs a competent mage. A well geared mage can crit pyro for over 15k on a heavy resilience target followed by 8k+ blasts and all of that damage cannot be mitigated by pressuring them.

Arcane is not as strong as frost but is still a gimmick spec that is far from balanced. They need to put a lot of work into arcane to give it more options and make it a more well rounded spec. 
Zapatos
Zapatos Jan 4, 2009 at 8:37 pm
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A frost mage also has a LOT more survivability than an arcane mage, hence the tradeoff.
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Zexe Jan 5, 2009 at 3:37 am
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Veyl said
Frost is amazing, but frost can still be somewhat controlled and in that sense it is balanced. Putting pressure on a frost mage dramatically affects their damage, which I feel is good design because it is very costly to pressure a frost mage and a good frost mage can handle pressure very well.

Arcane however, is not as strong or well rounded, but puts out way to much initial pressure and there is almost no way to mitigate it. Yes, PoM is avoidable with grounding/clos/iceblock etc. but you can't really rely on grounding PoM every game vs a competent mage. A well geared mage can crit pyro for over 15k on a heavy resilience target followed by 8k+ blasts and all of that damage cannot be mitigated by pressuring them.

Arcane is not as strong as frost but is still a gimmick spec that is far from balanced. They need to put a lot of work into arcane to give it more options and make it a more well rounded spec. 
yeah bro, pyro can crit for over 15k on a heavy resilience target

i read about that one too in ALMOST magazine
Brilliance
Brilliance Jan 4, 2009 at 10:23 am
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Really I just saw the picture of the dude in his underwear and I couldn't help but think of jumping AP/POM/PYROS.

To Capstone: this isn't a complaining blog. It's a joke. For fun. For laughs.


A joke!
Kodite
Kodite Jan 20, 2009 at 5:11 pm
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i KNEW it!  I'm an Arcane mage m'self and was laughing the whole way through, thinking, "This guy found some awesome pictures and just had to make a story out of 'em."
Mikevercetti
Mikevercetti Jan 4, 2009 at 11:03 am
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OMG Y U COMPLAIN ABOUT ARCANE? RAGE AND FURY
Abdoom
Abdoom Jan 4, 2009 at 5:31 pm
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Nice, two in a row. Good read as always.
Brilliance
Brilliance Jan 4, 2009 at 5:37 pm
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Thanks much, sincerely.

Maybe this month I actually BLOG, instead of just popping on to say hello every 2 weeks!
Abdoom
Abdoom Jan 4, 2009 at 5:43 pm
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Maybe I just have ADD, but short light hearted entries are always great. More and more people seem to be writing a thesis on QQ these days, army of mini-Jasies.

Then again with the way this contest is designed it is only natural, being unable to downvote blogs means people like gib post about how awesome scartching his ass was yesterday to get money.

Allow blog down voting and give it a long cooldown, like say 12-24 hours or something, heck you can even make it so that blog likes can't go into the negatives or below the +1 starting point.
Bronxie
Bronxie Jan 4, 2009 at 5:46 pm
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Thanks for the story how about we call Oprah and see if she gives a flying ****?
Bronxie
Bronxie Jan 5, 2009 at 12:48 am
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Karisizzle
Karisizzle Jan 4, 2009 at 7:13 pm
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ROFL amen to that. Good work Brilliance mate :).
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