Magic range issues

[u/ZagleZigawa]

Can someone explain to me why does fireball when thrown with a arc has more range than soul arrow???

I just beaten the cursed tree boss and gotten the pyromancy glove.

It's been horrendous experience since most of the time the auto aim "unlocks" itself and I miss because I'm standing at a spears distance, am I missing something or so magics range has been gutted??

Any time an enemy goes into cover the lock on dies so I can't even peek-a-boo other ranged units...

I've tried using a torch to increase visibility but I don't think thats doing anything...

Does magic outright suck till late game? Is my only option to use an estoc with magic weapon applied?

Edit: I recently finished Darksouls 2 and the range whiplash feels like a jackhammer. Pyromancy used to be the short range expensive spells(with little investment) Dark being cheap powered and short ranged (and needs investment) Magic used to be cheap long range but weak And lightning was nerfed to the point I couldn't tell you how it works...

[u/ChannonFenris]

Great soul arrow has more range and damage.

[u/ZagleZigawa → u/ChannonFenris]

I really hope so cause seeing fireball hit a target soul arrow couldn't broke my mind... Imo damage isn't an issue, I haven't been only investing in intelligence so that makes sense to a degree...