So is it just me, or will this upcoming patch (obviously still subject to change!) make us mages happier than ever?

For those that haven't been bothered reading the general sticky:

Mages

* Each rank of "Improved Fireball" now reduces your spell damage coefficient by 2%.
* Each rank of "Improved Frostbolt" now reduces your spell damage coefficient by 2%.
* "Counterspell" no longer triggers the global cooldown.
* "Mana Shield" now absorbs magical damage as well as physical damage.

Don't know about the rest of you, but it looks like good times are ahead =)

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I see.... Interesting dynamic. It makes the Empowered Talents essentially mandatory, then...

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That's one way to look at it. You could certainly recoup those removed percentage points in that manner. Devs were just shaving off a little damage from the end-game scenario, as they felt the dps was a little out of line with where they would like it. It's fairly obvious that it's a removal of dps from primary nukes, so there isn't much more to elaborate on.

Cooldown on GDC was a philosophy decision. They decided to agree with you. ;)

Mana shield. You guys have been asking for caster defense in PvP for a while, right? Well, there is something to that effect.