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A spell called Mage Armor will be in our spellbooks when Mists drops, and it will be a useful spell. I know we aren't actually losing this spell. So what if we have other spells that do damage over a targetable area? So what if we already have AoE snare spells? So what if there are already plenty of methods for making warlocks go boom in our spellbooks? I like this specific method. I like to have spells that aren't strictly necessary. I thumb my nose in the general direction of that reasoning, thank you very much. The reasoning, I assume, is that mage AoE is becoming normalized between the three specs, and some of the many, many AoE options in the fire tree become somewhat redundant under this new talent model.

In Mists of Pandaria, we're losing this spell, and I'm devastated. And yes, I realize there are probably reasons that collecting and publishing intellectual property in America from a long-dead Japanese video game company would be practically impossible, but those reasons are stupid. (Speaking of Herzog Zwei, why has this not been remade for Xbox Live Arcade or some similar service yet? Hell, why not an entire Technosoft memorial collection, or something? Thunder Force? Elemental Master? I have money, game publishers. From its early days as mage-centered explosion of fiery magnificence to its current iteration as a targetable AoE damage snare, it's always resided in a very special spot in my heart, a spot very near to pie, Herzog Zwei, and directly adjacent to the Hawkthorne episode of Community. It does not shame me to admit that I have been involved in a torrid love affair with Blast Wave since the day it was introduced. And some of those things, I'm really, truly going to miss. We're gaining some awesomeness but losing a few things too. Spells are replaced, redundant talents vanish, and mechanics change, and as a mage, I always feel somehow diminished when I see a blank page in my spellbook - even if it's a page that used to be occupied by something as useless as Arcane Fortitude or Amplify Magic, those ancient relics of fail. For when Blizzard giveth, it also tends to taketh away. But I fear we sometimes forget the casualties. We tend to focus on these shiny new abilities or revamped mechanic - and rightly so, as they are often pretty spiffy. You were too beautiful to die.Įvery time there's a new expansion, we get some new toys to play with. We've loved and lost before everyone pour one out for Wand Specialization. Not that this is a new feeling for mages. This week, we're discussing a sad topic: loss.

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