+Intellect or +damage

[zeeta6]

Right now I'm lvl 43 Fire mage and have specced for ignites, therefore
crits are always fun. When buying armor, I can't decide if I should go
for +Intellect or +damage as items are usually either +damage or
+intellect; but not both.

[Mike Gaskins]

Fire mages go through mana quicker than frost so it's not so cut and
dry, but as a frost mage, it's +damage every time (I'm up to +382 with
no drops from a 40 man yet :)).. If worse comes to worse you can pump
up your spell damage and in long fights use a lower ranked (ie, lower
mana cost) version of your primary nuker, though I personally haven't
found this necessary for most fights.

Mike

Post by zeeta6
Right now I'm lvl 43 Fire mage and have specced for ignites, therefore
crits are always fun. When buying armor, I can't decide if I should go
for +Intellect or +damage as items are usually either +damage or
+intellect; but not both.

[John | Johnny Blade]

What Mike said.

I would also like to add that you should get two sets of gear, one for
your raids (mana gear - intell/spirit/stam, in that order) and one for
PvP (damage gear - spell dmg and stam is most important).

This is even more important if you are a fire mage since you "waste"
more mana then during raids. Been raiding as both a frost and a fire
mage and as a fire mage it was always evocation, a gem and a pot during
long fights. As a frost mage, I almost never have to use a pot,
evocation and a gem is enough.