BoF Adept 3, vs Ice Spear

[kdmorse]

I'm about to /respec, and need to decide if I'm going to pick Ice Spear this time arround (I did not last time). I have read the threads and understand that at my level (33), BoF may still be more pwoerfull, but that down the road once I grow into Ice Spear, it will be superior. This is of course complicated by the fact that I Adept 3'd my BoF as soon as I got it, and it has served me well since Level 23. But if I respec and take Ice Spear, I feel like I've wasted my noe Adept 3 buy. Decisions Decions...What I'm looking for, is *numbers*. Any folks arround my level, and beyond, could you perhaps post the stats for Ice Spear? I kinda want to know when the break even point is, and may hold off respecing until then. For those about to ask "But what *else* would I choose?" I have been *very* happy with Wrannstands Flaming Wind.Current Stats:BoF Adept II, @ Level 33, 447 - 670 damage.Thanks!

[Scrubbl]

<DIV>I'm a lvl 45 wizard and heres the numbes on my spells, </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Adept III ball of fire:  447-670 damage.</DIV> <DIV>Ice spear:                495-743 damage.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As you can see its not a super drastic differnce.</DIV>

[Zcenicx]

<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ffff00>Flaming Wind is replaced by Icy Wind at L35 iirc, which is superior.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ffff00></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ffff00>Westfend's Ice Spear has several advantages to Ball of Fire;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ffff00>Caps at higher damage than BoF.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ffff00>Caps at higher level than BoF (40 instead of 33) which lets it hit higher targets.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ffff00>Free Adept 2.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ffff00>Ball of Flames and Ice Spear are on separate timers. So is Ball of Fire but when you get BoFl (37) Ice Spear is superior to BoFi.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ffff00>Does cold damage instead of heat.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ffff00>Looks really nice with my amount of graphics.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ffff00></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ffff00>Use the T3 rare to make yourself Icy Coil or Blazing Intimidation instead. I still use Coil at L42. It's on a separate timer from Piercing Icicles.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ffff00></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ffff00></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ffff00>Adara Frostborne</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ffff00>L42 High Elf Wizard of Shadowhaven</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ffff00>Najena</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV>