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Arcane Mage

Ranged burst and crowd control. Makes food, water and portals, and is still one of the best gold farmers.

Damage
  • 11 characters on Party Tracker play Arcane Mage: 3 Alliance and 8 Horde.
  • 62% of characters play a damage spec, and a dungeon group needs 20%.
Leveling on your own
PvP
Farming gold
Easy to pick up

Alliance Alliance: Human, Gnome, Skyborne (High Order)

Horde Horde: Orc, Troll, Undead

What's changed in Forever

  • Arcane Blast stacks up to boost every Mage spell, and Missile Barrage gives free, faster Arcane Missiles.
  • Blizzard says Mages “remain one of the most powerful and resourceful damage dealing classes”.
  • Every Mage learns Frostfire Bolt at 40. Improved Blizzard's slow is capped at 40% to limit farming.

From Blizzard: Class Deep Dives: Mage and Shaman (Oct 7) · Beta Development Notes, 3 November (Nov 3)

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Class traits are what each class is known for, adjusted where Blizzard's Forever posts changed it. Blizzard's aim for Forever isn't perfect balance: it's for every class to feel valuable to the groups it joins. Talents can still change in hotfixes. Player numbers update about once an hour.