Since the start of the expansion we have been constantly nerfed while every other class received significant buffs in pvp. Now with an already useless 4 piece, THAT actually got nerfed also? I havent even gotten the 4 piece yet, how and why does affliction not receive any love in pvp? EVER?
Im not talking about damage either. QoL issues and mobility really make us struggle against melee. Its like we always lose. If you dont want to give us some fresh new options for mobility or QoL, then just revert all the nerfs ESPECIALLY to shadowbolt so we can be competitive against melee again when they decide the only strat they need is to sit 100% uptime. This makes sense as the scaling of the current season HP pool is way higher than season 1 week2
I mained affliction last season for both PvE and PvP and I can honestly say I’m so glad I dropped it this season. I was really hoping the spec would get at least some QoL improvement but yeah, it didn’t.
I couldn’t bring myself to go another season fighting an uphill battle. Not only against the stigma of affliction being a “bad spec” but also dealing with demo and destro getting buffed and having superior tier bonuses.
Afflictions just in a sad state and sometimes I sit and seriously wonder what the devs are looking at when they nerf it. It’s not like it’s some god tier spec. Maybe in certain fights but overall it’s far from it.
Here’s to hoping for some buffs next season
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Blizz still has us doing last season’s numbers while everyone else gets to press instant cast buttons and crit 2-3m+ with ease.
Not to mention our dots do less damage than destro and other dot classes. As a dot class this makes no sense at all.
For example I’m seeing warriors rend for 100k to 200k ticks while our 18 stack agonies (that take time to ramp up) are only hitting for 70k to 100k
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Are you really doing last seasons damage? I am seeing almost the exact same numbers as last season even with larger hp pools and higher ilvl gear.
I made a post about it here in the Warlock forums to see if anyone else has had this experience. It’s like something is bugged.
I posted in the Arena Forums before posting here in the Warlock Forums. I got trolled by everyone so I deleted it. Well not deleted but just edited it to say thank you for the help instead.
I needed some help because I can’t figure out if I have something set up wrong or what but my gear and talents are fine…
Shadowbolts and UA dispells hit the same for me as last season. But my average dps per game did go up by 20% to 30% due to gear.
Also, yeah, don’t post anything warlock-related in the arena forums. They all believe locks are OP in all situations because they fought one RLX (our best comp) that stomped them.
One thing that is helping me improve my DMG is less jinx usage and more malefic raptures. When I use jinx only at 4+ shards to prevent cap, it lets me cast a few malefic whenever I get kicked. This also lets me instantly reapply dots after healers dispel.
This is really important now in the dispel meta where holy priests and player health pools make it a no-brainer for them to dispell off cooldown. If you don’t do it, you’ll shard starve yourself and lose out on a lot of spread pressure.
BTW, why does it seem that every class has a way to dispell our dots?!?!
There’s a lot of dispels out there now. Seems like any time a healer doesn’t have one, their dps do. It’s so hard to keep dots active.
Would be kind of cool to have some kind of protection other than damage. Like maybe UA being dispelled increases the dispels cooldown by 2 seconds or something
Or if soul rot acted as a protection preventing dispels while it’s active
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Yea if they dont want to give us some new mobility options or healing options or tankiness options then increase damage is the one way itll be viable. I notice healers FREELY cleanse all my UA’s because they have no actual fear of the dispell damage. Id like to see shadowbolt damage increased ALOT, and UA backlash damage increased as well as our dots.
The only way this spec will be viable in pvp is if they make something that changes the 20 year old warrior strategy of “sit lock” Meaning something that will make certain classes think instead of just W key and spam everything because affliction is just that basic and easy to counter