I'm hoping this improves...

[Bob the Beholder]

Wait, what?  You what?  Why...why did you do that?

I mean this as a more general question, really.  I see a lot of beginner mages doing this and it completely puzzles me each time it happens.  The freeze time won't be long enough to be anywhere near useful and the damage is minimal at best.  Frost Nova generates extra aggro above and beyond the damage, so it's not a good move in any group situation.
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I dunno, I'm probably just not yet so well versed in party play. I mean, that's what I do in solo. If a monster's on me and I'm not prepared to kill it: Frost Nova and run away. (That is a symptom of hanging around Silverpine, though, I think--most all of the stronger monsters there are undead, demons, or elementals, and not eligible for sheeping. Around my level at least; I don't know about high level monsters.)

I guess I was just trying to provide some on-the-run benefit to my party. But I figure now that it wasn't much of one. I mean, Frost Nova only makes enemies immobile, right, not slowed or anything? So if you're already up on them, and have to be to kill them, it's not a good thing. Particularly when you seem to think that the best thing to do when a monster is in your face is try to cast fireball repeatedly. *shakes fist at annoying party*

On a side note, I got fed up of dealing with the people, monsters and places of Silverpine and moved on to The Crossroads, in the Barrens. Good stuff. I'm liking Khalimdor a lot better. Less gloomy, and more interesting monsters. And a lot more people (thus, better chance of finding people who don't suck).