I think you missed the point of his post entirely--he was saying that the multiple element spell used way too much mana and therefore he doesn't use it anymore; it's the level 2 instant fire blast he gets good use out of. Admittedly, I don't quite see how he's one-hit killing Act 1 guards with a spell that should only be doing 11-25 damage...
No, I never said I was killing the guards with one shot of a fire spell. I believe I stated I was able to kill the BF Dungeon Monsters (Level 2 Skeletons and spiders) from Act 1. I apologize if I gave the impression that I'm able to squish the guards with one shot. Not in my wildest dreams! LOL (They require several).
But more to the point when experimenting with spell creation, I didn't know how much damage an instant 'focussed' spell would do over a missile. And I guess it's wise (from my point of view) to save the games where I level up and experiment with the differences in how the spells interact with the NPCs I encounter. That's always been a bit of the 'fun' of RPGing [for me].
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