Nuff said.

orly?

News to me. Who sells the most destruction spells in the game? I'd rather buy a few from one vendor than travel to several different ones.

And wer're supposed to believe you because?

edit:quoted wrong person

So far (not too far in yet) from what I have seen..... the Court Wizard at White Run (?) .... and the Mage at Winter Hold College.... but the Court Wizard actually had lots more Spell Books and the Mages at Winter Hold had more Apparel magic items (but they cost lots of gold).

My fire bolt spell does 50ish damage now, the other bolt spells do 25 and cost more mana. Its pretty friggin noticeable.

Wrong.

Firestorm base damage = 100
Firestorm + x2 augmented flames = 150

Well explain firebolt doing double damage.

Targets set on fire take additional fire damage, and I believe they also take increased damage from subsequent fire attacks.

That explains it, anything else? Keep in mind that frost and lightning damage stamina or mana as well as health, thus why they do less overall health damage.