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Ring of Fire cool down increased to 8 seconds.

Ice Bolt range decreased, mana cost increased, damage increased and AOE removed.

Ice Shards mana cost increased and damage increased.

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Mages don't need to attack faster - their damage is outrageous at higher levels, especially with battle mage AOEs. In fact, some of the damage output is being mitigated with the patch tomorrow by increasing cool downs for ring of fire...

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Ring of Fire cool down increased to 8 seconds.

Ice Bolt range decreased, mana cost increased, damage increased and AOE removed.

Ice Shards mana cost increased and damage increased.

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I don't know Ripper, I don't think magic users need to be nerfed any harder than they already have. I've played warlock/mage toons almost exclusively from the start of beta and the current build (.44) effectively took away all the advantages that made the caster classes so strong before. The addition of level restrictions on spells/skills, respecing the overpowered shadow bolt, and introducing the resist scheme did the job very well.

I'm lucky my AOE damage is where it is because at my level of difficulty I need all of the DPS I can get. Average groups at my level in SE7 or Fade Caves are a mix of 25 to 35 mobs all attacking in concert. It isn't their resists or hp's that make them tough it's that there are so many of them as well. I usually end up at 10-20% health and the end of a battle with one pot thrown somewhere in the middle. DPS is crucial and I still die pretty often.

We'll see how difficult this makes my last 15 levels.