Re: fire or ice at high level
#12It is a bit of a pain if you have great gear but if you are at that lvl then I am guessing you are in a good clan who do lots of boss kills. Shouldn't be too difficult to get hold of the necro/mord/hrung/200 gear that makes the difference. I use fire and am pretty pleased with dmg and speed. Up to you but good luck
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Re: fire or ice at high level
#13I can do two firebolts in the time i can do one ice shards.
my fire bolt does more damage than half my ice shards so that would be more dps.
seems like common sense to me.
my fire bolt does more damage than half my ice shards so that would be more dps.
seems like common sense to me.
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Re: fire or ice at high level
#14Ice is burst damage, ice is better for short fights, fire for long fights.I can do two firebolts in the time i can do one ice shards.
my fire bolt does more damage than half my ice shards so that would be more dps.
seems like common sense to me.
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Re: fire or ice at high level
#15hmm. I know that ice does higher dmg but as has been said (again and again) the cooldown time for ice sucks. I find that fire is pretty good for short and long fights. As always, it is up to you and at high levels a lot depends on your gear like the reduce cooldown time jewelry. good luck
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lvl193 warrior
lvl116 ranger
lvl111 mage
lvl110 druid
lvl178 rogue
lvl140 mage
lvl196 mage
lvl142 rogue
lvl193 warrior
lvl116 ranger
lvl111 mage
lvl110 druid
lvl178 rogue
lvl140 mage
lvl196 mage
lvl142 rogue
Re: fire or ice at high level
#16a lot also depends on gear that adds damage (direct damage to skills, focus, fire/ice magic). dmg boosting gear can outweigh reduction gear in the right hands.hmm. I know that ice does higher dmg but as has been said (again and again) the cooldown time for ice sucks. I find that fire is pretty good for short and long fights. As always, it is up to you and at high levels a lot depends on your gear like the reduce cooldown time jewelry. good luck
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Re: fire or ice at high level
#17fire is better for long and short fight because it is better dps. dps is all that matters when it comes down to it.Ice is burst damage, ice is better for short fights, fire for long fights.I can do two firebolts in the time i can do one ice shards.
my fire bolt does more damage than half my ice shards so that would be more dps.
seems like common sense to me.
dps= damage per second
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Re: fire or ice at high level
#18No. Heres an example of where burst damage wins.fire is better for long and short fight because it is better dps. dps is all that matters when it comes down to it.Ice is burst damage, ice is better for short fights, fire for long fights.I can do two firebolts in the time i can do one ice shards.
my fire bolt does more damage than half my ice shards so that would be more dps.
seems like common sense to me.
dps= damage per second
Say an enemy takes 3 fire hits to kill, and 2 ice hits to kill. A ice shard ice blast attack would kill the enemy, but for fire it would be firebolt firestorm wait firebolt. So ice wins short term dps(including short boss fights/leveling)
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Re: fire or ice at high level
#19fire hits come faster so they have more dps. and the only mob you will be able to kill with two hits would be a leveling mob. where the goal is not to kill one but to kill as many as possible as fast as possible. that all comes down to dps which a fire mage has more of.
in your example a ice mage would be waiting on cool downs while a fire mage is already killing another mob
if you can not kill your mob in two hits then you are waiting on cooldowns while the fire mage is still spamming skills.
in your example a ice mage would be waiting on cool downs while a fire mage is already killing another mob
if you can not kill your mob in two hits then you are waiting on cooldowns while the fire mage is still spamming skills.
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Re: fire or ice at high level
#20ice skills not only have longer cooldowns but also longer casting times.
i could probably cast two firebolts and a firestorm at the same time as you cast ice shards and ice blast
i could probably cast two firebolts and a firestorm at the same time as you cast ice shards and ice blast
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