Depends on where your going on you mage.
A common misconception is that a Fire Mage will die before a Frost Mage. BUT you also have to look at your THREAT Meter.
With that said, I specced Arcane/Fire (40/19/2). I never run out of mana, only in cases with Mana Burn have I actually ran out of mana. Even with constant use of Mana Shield (w/o imp MS) I dont run out of mana. And during a raid week i only go through 5 mana pots, and thats IF i am not watching my Gem CD's or if I am the main AOE.
I am out-DPS'd in short fights but come out on top in the overall DPS. Big thing that has kept me alive in raids is that I am not there to compete with my DPS. I am there to provide decent DPS, w/o gaining aggro and possibly causing a wipe.
I also DO NOT PvP.
A common misconception is that a Fire Mage will die before a Frost Mage. BUT you also have to look at your THREAT Meter.
With that said, I specced Arcane/Fire (40/19/2). I never run out of mana, only in cases with Mana Burn have I actually ran out of mana. Even with constant use of Mana Shield (w/o imp MS) I dont run out of mana. And during a raid week i only go through 5 mana pots, and thats IF i am not watching my Gem CD's or if I am the main AOE.
I am out-DPS'd in short fights but come out on top in the overall DPS. Big thing that has kept me alive in raids is that I am not there to compete with my DPS. I am there to provide decent DPS, w/o gaining aggro and possibly causing a wipe.
I also DO NOT PvP.