I was anticipating a climatic battle against a worthy adversary, ready to pit my arcane mastery against a powerful foe and then I meet him, Morokai the dragonpriest and a mage duel ensues...
Morokai goes on the offensive after I release him and attacks me with....sparks? Seriously? Nothing else? No? He just stands there tickling me with one handed sparks spell the whole fight...I didnt even need my ward.
Morokai "look I can shoot lighning...from my fingertips. Prepare for your doom mortal!".
Thirty seconds later "why isn't the lightning from my fingertips killing you?"
Me: "Seriously the sparks spell is so 1st era"
Morokai: "It worked for for Emperor Palpatine didn't it, stop laughing and have the decency to die by the lightning from my fingertips"
Me: "Stop tickling me and let me show you how we do it in the fourth era"
And then I blasted him to death with my arsenal of firespells