Cold v Fire Sorc

I leveled a fire sorc through campaign and it seems at every point that cold is just better than fire?

Cold shouldn't be safer AND do more damage than a fire sorc.

Also, if the game is to be played with having cc as defense in mind. Is a pure fire sorc just unplayable?

Fire spells are severely undertuned imo. Especially fireball. Fires defense should be a strong offense.

Fireball is a network benchmark tool. Equip unleash + scattershot + wildshards + raging spirits, go to any closed quarters, and you can test if you can disconnect your game in 1 cast:) With the crap damage it deals, it becomes even worse, a lot of noise and stress, not much actual use. Any other fire spell is better.

the last cold sorc we had was Cold Dot in like 3.15. don't nerf cold just because fire is feeling a little harder to get online.

Cold has more dps on bosses and large enemies because they automatically break Frost Wall, but fire is stronger until then. And if you're using Raging Spirits and get spirit upgrades, fire can keep up. It can be even more potent depending on your ascendancy choice. I don't think it's good to confine yourself to only one element though.