Well, I'm a level 80 Frost mage. I went to my first instance of Naxx 10 man and our group wiped 3 times in a row. The pug group determined that I was not dps'ing enough and asked me to drop group and they were going to persue trying it with someone else. It was the first instance I've ever been in where no totems were placed what so ever, and as far as I am concerned the only problem I had was mana conservation (and I have always been on instances wehre totems were always placed almost every boss fight). We were fighting Patchwerk and I was frostbolting like crazy, using mana gems, as well as mana potion enjectors. The problem was to keep any mana at all, I ended up having to pop the gem or potion asap and resort to using a wand till my mana came back up to a useable amount.
I wont sit and call the decision BS or anything even though I didnt know even one person, and I am a relatively noob as far as instances go (particularly wotlk) so I dont know how good or bad my efforts ultimately were though I was typically seeing crits in the high 4k and low 5k range and felt I was definately holding my own.
What I would like is a bit of advice on my 'build' and what I can do to better it (skill and armor). Up till lately, I have been a PvE person, and every-once-in-awhile going on instance runs. My guild is not a big guild by any sense of the imagination, so getting the ultimate gear isnt all that likely unless I happen to get a totally lucky roll on a pug group I happen to get into or I make it on my own (I'm a 440 tailor right now). I am now looking to do much more instance running (as far as pve goes, I have finished all the quests entirely in Wotlk so except for dailies I'm done getting gear that way as well). I also am trying to start going on some raids, though PVP has never really interested me and prolly never will except for getting the [For the Horde] achievement.
www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Lothar&n=Alonzo
I will be making a spellweave robe for myself as soon as I get the final few pieces of spellweave made. Other than that and getting the haste enchant on my back piece I'm not sure what else I should be doing.
Honest critique and suggestions would be appreciated.
Alonzo