Maybe Someone Here Can Help Me...

[Graves]

Ok so I have recently gottent to 50 (I know I'm just a little behind everyone) and I have been specced strictly fire. Now I'm thinking that I might want to go Frost....Or even a hybrid of the 2....Either way I was hoping someone else on this board knew a thing or two about mages and could help me out....

[MaiN]

Frost is best if you want to control the mobs, slay elites, etc. etc., while fire is good for pure damage, and downing your target fast. For quests, i would reccomend Frost.

[Graves]

Thanks MaiN, because of you I will respec shortly...

Is there a way you oculd show me exactly to distribute the points?

[Smeems]

Mage A will tell you fire is the quicker to quest, Mage B will say it's frost. I've always been a frost fan (AoE grinding ftw) - but to be honest, the difference is rather slim.

Once you hit 70 though, a mage's spec becomes more clear cut. Generally, (use the term loosely), you'll wanna go fire for instancing/raiding and Frost for PvP.

A 17/0/44 spec is the cookie-cutter for PvP (or it was, not sure about what 2.3.2 has done to it)