Blizzard, fix the affliction warlock rotation please!

[Snozh-malganis]

@Fookï-sargeras

so have i on my lock… when you compare to ilvl bracket and consider i didn’t even main her for gear.

That probably has more to do with how broken affliction was in CN.

@Fookï-sargeras

it’s more than a learn to play issue, just like every other spec- it’s how well it plays. if people don’t like how it plays, they’ll move to one that they do enjoy more. why not just fix or make adjustments so people can enjoy playing their favorite class again?

None of that changes the original comment I responded too was wrong.

[Fookï-sargeras]

@Snozh-malganis

None of that changes the original comment I responded too was wrong.

never said it was wrong; just said there’s more to it then just “L2P”.

[Snozh-malganis]

@Fookï-sargeras

never said it was wrong; just said there’s more to it then just “L2P”.

Your statement about only time for one drain life is wrong.

So yes it is a learn to play issue.

[Fookï-sargeras]

so you’re telling me, if i went on my lock and recorded attacking a target dummy right now, once i casted all my initial dots setup that there’s room for more than one drain soul channel without any dots running out?

[Snozh-malganis]

Thanks for proving my point that it’s a learn to play issue.

[Fookï-sargeras]

yep, if you say so…

[Ixenn-area-52]

@Mandrix-ragnaros

Make drain soul and shadow bolt to refresh curse of agony and siphon life (if talented). It is very hard and boring to keep tracking 4 dots: curse of agony, corruption, siphon life, UA

Then you don’t like DoT based rotations.

If Drain Soul refreshed Agony then the rotation would be:
Drain Soul
Refresh UA once every 18 seconds
Cast MR to avoid capping soul shards

Now that sounds boring. Refreshing and managing your DoTs is the entire point of Affliction, but that’s what you’re trying to remove. Not every spec is a spec you’ll like.

I agree that Drain Soul should be baseline though.

[Ixenn-area-52]

@Fookï-sargeras

once i casted all my initial dots setup that there’s room for more than one drain soul channel without any dots running out?

You can absolutely cast multiple Drain Souls between DoT refreshing.

With my current build, Absolute Corruption + PS I can cast 4.5 Drain Souls between refreshing my DoTs.

If I purposely make my build as chaotic as possible (Haunt & Siphon Life) I can still get in almost 2 full Drain Souls.

With that said, there is no requirement on DS that says it has to be fully channeled. Shadowy Embrace is stacked before 1 full channel, and its a tick based spell as long as you cut it off right after a tick you don’t lose value.

Anyways. My point is Aff is well designed in this regard because there is a DoT focused build, and a relaxed Drain Soul focused build. It’s really up to the player.

[Sleepybaku-tichondrius]

I just don’t understand what was so bad about Soul Swap that they got rid of it. Putting full dots on someone with one instant cast was so satisfying.

Probably the most satisfying warlock gameplay I’ve ever experienced.