Re:play the game (Score 1)

Then you have only played with idiot mages who don't realize the tacticle advantages of having a wide variety of attacks to keep your enemies (and the DM) on their toes (or, prefferably, on their backs, dead (but not the DM, killing the DM is BAD)). For instance, my current selection of attack spells in the game I'm currently playing are: magic missile, burning hands, aganazor's scorcher, fireball, lance of disruption, lightning bolt and ice storm. With some nondamaging additions such as hold person and sleep.