Ok so I mained 3rd FM since it came out and didnt swap to fire until recently. I can tell you that fire fm even with the nerf still does over 10m more damage than 3rd spec FM. Also as far as breaker its actually the same. Short fuse fills the breaker bar half as much on cast, but it has half the cooldown of ultrashock. So in reality they are the same. If you are in groups with a Fire and a Light FM doing the same damage, then either their gear arent equal, or the Fire FM isnt playing the class to the potential its supposed to be, whether its because of MS or not doing the rotation right. It's pretty tragic what they did to 3rd spec FM. If you say youd take a 3rd FM over a Fire FM then yea you just either arent sure whats actually happening, or youve been playing with bad Fire FMs.