Mages debate heavily about talent selection, or spec (from the term specialization). Mages can select talents from three schools of magic: Arcane, Fire, and Frost, and when you see three numbers divided by slashes, as in 18/0/43, the numbers indicate talent points spent in each of the three talent trees in that same order. Generally speaking, players choose to specialize in one school or another. Note Mage specs, or builds, are also discussed in the topic Mage builds. * Damage per second (DPS) * Battle control * Survivability * PvP * Control of DPS and damage per mana (DPM)