07-02-2006, 02:19 AM
It's not about what you believe, it's about the facts. Light sorcs have the highest damage in the entire game, but like propel_water said, the damage gap is huge.
Cold sorcs are underpowered by the fact that cold mastery lowers resists instead of adding damage to skills. This means that unlike for other sorcs, Infnity is not going to add a lot of damage. Also, in PvP, if you stack resists hardcore (my brother tried it with his bvc, he stacked about 200 cold resist, and there isn't much that cold sorcs can do).
If you had a 5k Blizzard :
5000x0.17 = 850 (PvP penalty)
850x0.25 = 213 (75 cold resist)
As you see, it's not really a lot, if you have geared yourself up.
Add in 2x Raven Frost and Blizzard will heal you, instead of dealing damage.
Cold sorcs are underpowered by the fact that cold mastery lowers resists instead of adding damage to skills. This means that unlike for other sorcs, Infnity is not going to add a lot of damage. Also, in PvP, if you stack resists hardcore (my brother tried it with his bvc, he stacked about 200 cold resist, and there isn't much that cold sorcs can do).
If you had a 5k Blizzard :
5000x0.17 = 850 (PvP penalty)
850x0.25 = 213 (75 cold resist)
As you see, it's not really a lot, if you have geared yourself up.
Add in 2x Raven Frost and Blizzard will heal you, instead of dealing damage.