Elemental spells are very underpowered. A level 3 fire spell does 19-42 damage but costs 65 mana. My level 8 mage has 19 Intelligence so 365 mana. He gets off max of 5 spells totalling 210 damage max before sucking up yet another mana potion. And this doesn't even take into account enemy resistance. Frustrating. I'm about ready to start over with a different class. I remember in Divine Divinity being able to kill enemies in one or two hits with meteor strike or lightning...what happened?
I got my lightning spell at like level 11 I think, so your pretty close to it. I think its at beginning of Act II. Shortly thereafter you get 4 nature spells which are pretty badass. You just gotta stick with it longer, mages always suck in the beginning, thats how it is in every game, and they are always stronger then all other classes at endgame.
