@mages

[ArchmageFurly in three days]

The spec you're showing is one that was tried very early on Anub, and it was determined That FFB is the better choice. FFB has the advantage in LB, in that not only is it amazing aoe dps, but the globals it consumes and the delay in its damage and threat allow the tanks to pick them up and position. With the arcane spec you'd have to spend that time casting more ABs killing your mana, and doing mediocre damage considering you won't have the time to get to your 4 stack release very often. In addition, the Arcane spec is a lot less forgiving of mistakes, and more often than not you'll find yourself in a position where you won't be able to dps as effectivly or at all. FFB is safer and more consistent. In addition, for the smaller adds FFB is much better. Unstacked AB is shit, and even if you were able to keep your stacks up, the mana usage would be too high. You don't even have arcane barrage for when you have to move away from them. And even if you did, Hotstreak + fireblast is much better. As for Anub Damage, when that matters when you push at the end, you'll find yourself low on mana having to spend full time evocating and not dpsing, or using a shitty rotation where you don't reach your 4-stack. The time you spend in the earlier phases singletargetting is once again, limited becasue you get to your 4 stack so rarely. People that think this spec is good, look at one attempt where they AOE'd popped CD's and did high dps, but then did nothing or died early or wiped, and say "Oh I did 13k dps this spec is better".