New hope for lightning skills?

[Dixen Andomiel]

Aren't Fire/Lightning Mastery bonuses multiplicative with synergy bonuses right now? Given a limited number of skill points, it could very well be better to invest a few points in synergies instead of masteries.

Someone *did* do something comparing the damages within the fire tree maybe a couple of weeks ago. IIRC, it was better to put about 15-16 points in synergies and only 4-5 points in the Mastery.

I'd be interested to see how a Single Tree or Dual Tree Sorc would fair now, considering that when it comes to hell it would just be better to party up and co-op.