Gandalf purpose is to give advise/wisdom (hence wizard) to the people of middle-earth for them to help them selves and not just everything for them. When he has to he'll flex his power only to do as much as needed to get the job done. I read somewhere that he's not suppose to show how powerful he really is to the Elves, Men Etc. (if i find the quote ill come back with it.)That's why he only threw flaming pine cones at them.
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