So it’s a yes on those buffs for 8.1?
The amount our haste stat contributed towards pet energy regeneration was ‘twice’ what blizzard wanted it to be. That gets ‘fixed’ in 8.1. The 15%/25% pet buff was to try to balance out the dps lost with that fix.
Obviously for profoundly undergeared warlocks with very little haste, this will be a huge improvement. For highly geared warlocks with lots of haste, it will -not- be a buff, quite the opposite.
Which is frustrating, considering we’re still very far behind affliction, and leaves us with less hope of ever closing the gap as we gear up.