Originally Posted by
TigerT20
Well, Produce Flame has the advantage of being able to be used as a light source and the fact that you can hold it - you don't have to attack right away.
Firebolt has the completely overwhelming advantage of utterly outclassing Produce Flame in every single way by doing 1 more damage on average. And having longer range I guess, but who ever cares about range amirite?
Edit: Ok I forgot that the damage gap increases as you level up but... you still caring about 3 or 4 damage either way at level 3+?