First off, I'm really just a lowbie mage at this point (lvl 18) but I need some links to deep fire or fire/arcane spec. I understand everyone loves Frost but I'm different and I'm having a hard time on this forum and even Wow Vault finding a nice fire spec to play around with.

Also, is there any Fire based "freezing" spells (i.e. Ice blast or whatever) that freezes enemies in place?

One last question. Where should I spend points in Fire or Arcane to increase the number of spells I have. I know with Priest that once you got Mind Flay or Vampirics that it opened you up to a few extra skills for Shadow based priests. I'm looking to figure out what I should place my skill points into to game some extra spells.

Thanks in advance.

In-game (Infearno - Silvermoon Server)

go completely fir dont stick a point out side and believe u me u will be doing 6000 per crit and u can shoot off almost 2 fire balls in the time a lock can shoot 1

this is my raiding spec, lots of damage output. just a little look for what to go after, even though Pyroblast, Blast Wave and Impact is nice ;)

My mage's raiding spec
As u can see, i use 3 points in frost, for decreased mana cost and reduced chance to resist my spells

answers for some of your questions: no, theres no fire spell that "freezes" the enemies, but you can use 5 points in Impact that makes all your fire spells have a chance to stun the enemy for 2 secs, and Blast Wave that dazes the enemy/enemies hit by it (looks like the fire version of frost nova) and Dragon's Breath which disorients the target for 3 secs.

i would advise you to go full fire in the start, it gives you lots of spells too, trying to mix specs like fire/arcane early just decreases your damage. start off with fire, try to figure out where and how many points you're gonna use before you go over to arcane (or frost).

sort of, if u go deep enough into the fire talent tree..

-Dragon's Breath (51 pt) - makes the target walk around "confused" for 3 seconds.  its a frontal AoE spell too--kinda like a fire version of Cone of cold that stuns instead of slows. it deals good damage also

-Blast wave (31 pt) - AoE spell that dazes all enemies caught within range and decreases their movement speed.  kinda like a....frost nova with the effects of cone of cold o.0 lol

-Impact - at the very beginning of the fire tree.  10% chance that your target will be stunned in place for 2 seconds.  really nice when u reach 63 and get molten armor. its also effective when u just spam scorch/fire blast/ other insta-casts

yea..these are several tools a fire mage has for survival (not including blazing speed, which is really useful)

not quite as effective as the frost talents, but they will save ur ass in many situations.

if u gear yourself effectively, you can often kill mobs so quickly they cant even reach u (or reach u with like..10% health left) ^^

-Knifewhisper, 64 full fire mage on Burning Legion