Quote (kayeto @ 16 Nov 2009 23:13)
When my lightning sorc has a merc using Infinity, the conviction aura breaks the lightning immunity of most monsters, allowing my sorc to damage them.
However, the conviction from infinity doesn't break cold immunity of monsters and allow my cold sorc to damage them.
What's the difference?
The amount of resistance that the monsters have.
Immunity is simply 100 res or more. Conviction aura from Infinity removes 85/5 resistance from immune monsters, so anything with 117 or higher remains immune. The cold immunes have typically much higher res than 117.