ice/fire vs fire/ice

I have a theme in mind for a character(thermal energy conversion) and one of these 2 combos would be awesome..Im just torn as to which way to go. Ive played both primaries to 50 as a controller but this is my first real dominator and I know that that can change up the playstyle a bit for ice at least.

This is kind of what Id imagine as pros/cons for each just on observation. Either way I plan to get fire mastery for extra aoe dmg

ice/fire
-very nice control(so a 'safer' option I s'pose)
-pet can help mez when dom isnt up
-better overall ST dmg
-consume for extra end in a pinch

fire/ice
-more dmg from primary(hot feet and imps..esp nice if something happens to cold resistant)
-more hard control
-ice dmg less commonly resisted
-better benefits from permadom(if Im remembering Domination mechanics right)

Im currently fiddling both thru mids to see which one I like better on paper per se.

I have no experience with Fire/Ice but I have a 50 Mind/Ice and a 50 Ice/Fire.

I like both. Icy Assault does good damage overall and Power Boost is always useful to have. Fiery Assault does excellent damage and Consume is a nice addition, as is the huge damage boost from Fiery Embrace if you decide on the Fire APP.

IMO neither Fiery nor Icy really has decent built in AoE capability to speak of given that you will spend a lot of time up close and a lot of your damage comes from cones. Ice Sword Circle is at least a little better than Combustion. Most of the AoE damage comes from the APPs, from Hot Feet, or in certain contrived circumstances, from enemies hitting each other while confused by Arctic Air.

Ice Control versus Fire Control is really hard to rate. Fire Control tends to have more players and IMO its the easier choice of the two. I find that Ice Control in general has a very rough time in the 40s-50s range until it can get IOed. Once you get some defense and (especially) perma-dom up though it is fairly solid if a bit harder to play than many other Control sets.

Ice/fire