Pbaoe

[Spix]

The pbaoe spell isnt near the effect of the nukers in daoc atleast not in the first version of the spell but the interuption in wow is not as extreme so you can still nuke even if you get attacked.
Noticed lastnight that it worked ok with the cold pbaoe nuke with my mage but that was only me as a mage in group and we didnt fight so high level mobs and only max three at a time.
So has anyone tried a multiple mage group vs many mobs yet?
And is there any good strategy for it?

 

[Foadon]

theres a duo mage movie where they use mana shield, get 8ish mobs at once of their lvl, freeze all of em, and then pbae just outside of melee range
maybe thats more of a farming tactic tho

 

[LordjOX]

cold pbaoe? :x

 

[Aruwynn]

or arcane....

 

[Ormorof]

my rank 1 arcana explosion doesnt do enough damage to be viable yet but from what i can guess the "pbaoe" doesnt do nearly as much damage as a normal nuke (like it should be, as you are likely to be hitting more mobs than with a single target one )

when i got arcane explosion it did about 1/2 damage of firebolt

 

[Stekkerdoos]

You'll probably find this out yourselves eventually, but with a the Advanced Arcane Explosion talent you can make it instant cast with no recast time

And yes, from what i heard it really becomes instant, not 0 sec cast time which would still require you to stand still

The damage still isnt super, but the spell becomes more usefull.

 

[CstasY]

You'll probably find this out yourselves eventually, but with a the Advanced Arcane Explosion talent you can make it instant cast with no recast time

No recast time as in no cooldown? What prevents someone from spamming the button and taking out a few hundred players in a matter of seconds?

 

[anubis]

What prevents someone from spamming the button and taking out a few hundred players in a matter of seconds?

global cooldown

 

[Garnet]

No recast time as in no cooldown? What prevents someone from spamming the button and taking out a few hundred players in a matter of seconds?

Every spell has a natural cooldown, something like 2 seconds. No other spell can be casted until this cool down fades (all the spell icons go dark, meaning unuseable back to normal - useable).

 

[Spix]

Sorry, not cold pbaoe, I ment arcane explotion ofc.
As Ormorof said rank1 doesnt do enough damage if you are alone but stack it with 3-4 more mages and hitting 5-10 mobs and count damage done / nuke compared to single target.