What's the reasoning behind non-scaling Cold Evocation spells?

[Rerednaw]

Flurry of Snowballs, Frost Fall, etc...

Most of them do subpar damage when compared to other elements (such as fire or electricity or even acid).

Snowball is the one exception (and it's conjuration!)...if anything the spell is skewed in the higher power/optimal side as far as single target damage spells.

I was trying to make an evoker witch and kept running into this so I'd figure I put it to the community. :)

[Dexion1619]

Part of the reason is that cold spells often have rider effects in addition to damage. Frost Fall and Frigid Touch can both Stagger Opponents. Flurry of Snowballs doesn't have a rider effect, but it does have a rather large area of effect for a second level spell.

On that note, make sure to pick up Rimes Spell. Because adding Entangled and Staggered is just cruel, and funny.

Honestly, I think its just because its a lot easier for designers to be creative with cold spell effects then with Fire/Acid/Electricity.