Originally Posted by
Kyreth
And there lies the heart of the issue.
If Arcane hits all of it's "I win buttons", it tends to vaporize meleers. Ranged, not as much. Burst is dangerous in PvP, but as it's also a portion of what makes mages useful in PvE, nerfing it for PvP can castrate the class in PvE situations where they need to deliver a metric fuckton of damage, extra quick.
Personally, I think they should work on what you'd expect to be the bread-and-butter of Arcane Missiles more, spreading more Arcane damage over time and less into instant-gib Abarness. Maybe give Arcane a single-shot, rapid-cycling version that they can spam at range without the obliteration combos currently at hand.
But mages are fueled by QQ, so it's normal.
Hell, I'm Frost and they nerfed Brain Freeze and Deep Freeze alike. Then again, I don't have either talent....