@Brookie Oh joy, more chaos to read. Let's see...
All mages now should be fire mages. You have 3 dps skills which are fire which massivly outweigh the 1 which is ice. Yet firestorm is still your worst skill and gives hardly any extra dps.
This appears to be the basis of your argument this time. My answer is no. Just because we have 3 dps skills that are fire does not mean ice shards is outweighed. Firestorm is not even a stable dps skill and does not offer constant reliable dps.
I'm not gret with quotes so let me do this firstly 35 skill points is not greater then a haste elix. A hate elix gives me around 45% extra dps thats firestorm skill would give a mage around 10% extra dps...
You're right, 35 points in a terrible skill like firestorm will not make the difference. However, freeing up 35 points allows you to max 3 dps skills. In the description you gave me of Presmajic, the build you gave me was: "49/35 shards. 40/35 incin. 44/35 firebolt." Notice, firestorm is not mentioned here.
When assasins lure is up rogues should be winning by a good 20%.
With the "super mage" build of having three maxed dps skills, the odds become in a way even. However, from this point, the phenomenon of Mage kills on aggy would occur. The nukes will eventually catch up and pass the melee.
My gear is maxed is his? Answer that.
The braces are well within what matters, which are the skill points. One vitality is not going to significantly impact the dps. As for the book, 100 fire magic would increase the chance of firebolt and incinerate being successfully casted so I'll give you that. 25 focus would not make a significant difference for what we are talking about.
To compare firestorm to 1750 focus(which btw is a number you pulled from no where) you are telling me that 1750 extra focus wouldnt raise your firebolt incin and iceshards to a point which is more then 1.6k damage every 25-30 seconds?!
I am not comparing firestorm to 1750 focus. The three dps spells a wise Mage would max would be ice shards, firebolt, and incinerate. You seem to consistently refer to firestorm yet I never mentioned it in my previous post.
35 points * 50 focus = 1750 focus per 35 points. I am not sure how you inferred that the effect would be on more than one skill... 1750 was simply a way of expressing the additional dps from the added points into a third skill.