Suggestions to improve the Water Magic discipline

[Tuna-Fish]

Originally posted by Cainehill:
Having recently played a not-too ill-fated Atlantis for the first time, I'd like to reemphasize something others have said. Water 9 has a great blessing, sure.

But other than the blessing, there seems to be almost no reason to take water to high levels

Many of water combat spells increase heavily in strenght as caster level increases. Just try falling frost at lvl-11... It's a battlefield cleaner.