Ok, I'm what you would definitely call a new Mage. I've certainly done my research, however, and am having a strange problem.
We all know that frost is more of a utility or PvP tree than raw raiding DPS.
I'm currently dual specced into Frost, and FFB. Whenever I raid or do a heroic, I start out in FFB, do a boss or two, look at my DPS in contempt, and switch to frost, at which point my DPS goes up by anywhere from 500 to 1K. By all rights, this should not be happening.
I know I do a couple of 'tricks' with frost, like always ghosting an Icelance onto my FoF combos. I always use the BF proc. In a boss, I have my elemental and images out while IV is up.
In FFB, I use LB, Scorch x1 (I have the glyph), FFB. HS procs, I use it immediately after my current cast is done. I let LB detonate then put it back on the mob immediately.
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I know my gear isn't quite tits yet, and on my frost tree I'm still searching out an affordable Glyph of Molten Armour, but even so, shouldn't FFB destroy frost in DPS?
I'm not even talking about AoE fights. FFB can sometimes push past Frost in aoe since I double stack . . . ah hell, the fire ground dot, as well as throwing down a blizzard if I really wanna scorch 'em.
Is it glyphs? Some weird gear problem? Spec?
Thanks for the help guys.