Not sure if anyone's covered this before, I have looked, but can't seem to find a clear answer to this question.
My situation is simple .. I levelled Fire for 60 levels ... loved the it, very competant build for levelling ... big numbers, impact procs ... big Pyros ... ignite procs ... 2 and 3 shotting same level mobs .. euphoria.
Then at level 60 (or thereabouts), I decided to give frost a try ... I guess it was because I had finally replaced all my +fire damage gear with better +damage gear ... meaning I wouldn't be gimping my frost damage.
I couldn't believe it ... an increase from about 290 dps to around 350 dps (over the course of a night's questing) ... my first Frostbolt crit was higher that my highest Fireball crit ... My mana never seemed to move (ok, it did, but compared to fire ... it was an insane amount better). I would wander through an area and drops mobs so quickly, they would be sprawled in a chain of corpses behind me as I left the area. It was amazing. ofc, the neat little tricks like Bubbles, my water ele and Ice Barrier make it so much better as well.
Why the hell is this, I mean, isn't fire supposed to be the uber-damage spec. It doesn't make sense, or .... is fire something that scales with +damage, and at the level I am now, frost is just better because of my low(er) +spell damage stat.
tbh, I can't ever see myself going back to fire, I am doing insane damage now as frost (ran ramparts the other night and owned the damage meters ... fully 50% higher than the 'lock and rogue) ... or am I short-sighted there .. will fire become better when I go higher.
This is quite relevant as, when I hit 70 (or maybe evern way before), I need to start thinking about tailoring direction .. Spellfire .. or Frozen shadowweave. I don't think I'll raid with this toon, he IS an alt after all, but I always like to place my best efforts into my toons, and this is a situation that demands a "best effort"
Thanks all .. laters
Edited, Feb 12th 2008 12:12pm by robertlofthouse