Hi.
First of all I'm a complete newbie to PvP and I definitely suck at it. However I still quite don't get it in pvp minigames. When I face an average warrior foe, my very long casting spell (2s fires of gehenna) does either no damage at all or like maybe 15% of damage at best (under buffs).
Sometimes, hidden behing others (so I'm even sure the enemy couldn't counteract my attempts directly) I casted maybe 5-6 fires of gehenna at one single person and yet I couldn't bring him down. However any warrrior seem to pretty much destroy me within 2 seconds. Crowd control is also very limited (2-3 spells at big cooldowns) and imho useless since you have to stay still to perform it (what is pretty much a death sentence). And in 50% cases it does nothing anyway (plus it is slow to cast). But alright, maybe I just suck at it badly and they counter-measure my attempts well.
However I really don't get this damage thingy. I have the feeling that my ability to sustain damage is like 10% compared to others (what would be ok for a demonologist) but also my ability to _deal damage_ is like that. Instant spells do literally nothing (take maybe 5 percent away of the enemy's bar) and even the strongest spells under the buffs barely a scratch - 15% maybe for a 2s cast. While I go down literally within 4-5 instant sword slashes taking less time than my single fires of gehenna would need to be casted.
El.