Man I’m not gonna lie. I never really liked playing aff. The ramp up felt too slow and stuff to me over the years. I loved destro and stuff and still do but man playing affliction right now feels so fun! I like the procs. I like the burst. I love SoC. The animations and spells actually look cool where as in the past i just feel like it was one of the least flashy casters. Still might be but they look way cooler lately. Idk man. Aff is sick af right now
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100% agree, they did a great job on it, including the base changes they made to the general Lock tree-extra gate charge, aoe curses, the new Blights, etc. I’ve had more fun on Aff than any other spec I play in PVP, it has been a long time coming but they finally did this spec justice.
The only thing I’ll say is that I kinda wish there would be a way to have the group curse talent but also be able to apply single target curses that don’t affect a group.
If ur not playing HC with CotS and face a group of mixed melee and casters, either u let the casters have a much faster time since u can’t use tongues on them unless they’re far away or u let the melee attackers have faster attack speed since u can’t put weakness on them.
Also would be nice if they would let us see the stat curses (weakness, tongues) on nameplates instead of just the individual bars. Make it easier to track which mobs have what and how long.
Dark Harvest needs a sound effect.
UA needs a better visual.
Malefic Grasp needs a rework in regards to when it is available. During Darkglare just doesn’t feel good because you feel rushed/pressured to do other stuff. It also means using Darkglare before pandemic DoT timers is a mistake, which is just a niche mechanic I do not enjoy. If they want it castable during Darkglare, I think they need to give it 1-2 charges, to make it less stressful to squeeze usage out of it. And then compensate it with just higher damage.
These are my top 3 things to change for Affliction right now. But overall I am enjoying it more than I did in TWW, and will likely be maining it.
I’ve really been enjoying it and missed Aff for a while now.
Would love to have an AOE application for Agony back, or better nameplate filtering to easier see which mobs need a refresh.
Kind of also want to see haunt baked into something else. Hard casting that basically just for a dmg buff to the mob feels meh.
But overall, it’s feeling much better than it has for a long time. Really hope it holds up in Midnight end game.