[Philos]

Amran,

I agree with you on all except Infravision. While some spells may not be useful to the style of a particular player or perhaps to the party members of a particular party someone puts together and therefore might "seem" useless. They do indeed have some use in other situations or for other parties.
But I have NEVER seen any use for Infravision (other the XP for memorizing the spell). There is no location in the game that is completely blacked out requiring you to have infravision to see. Every character can see in every location. So if you don't have a thief or ranger for a scout, how does infravision give you any benefit? I can still see. If I want an unobserved scout, I just have my mage cast invisibility on any party member and off they go. All I have seen infravision do is change a living creature's color to pinkish/red when that party member is selected (a totally cosmetic effect). But every character/NPC with or without Infravision can see the creature one way or the other.