I would like dark pact to be integral to the warlock class from lvl10 to end game. I feel its super fun and adds to game play and to some extent mechanics, it can also be completely optional
I know plans have been set for the new xpac, but I would like for dark pact to be integral to the warlock affliction class again, and a low level spell, so you can get life tap at around lvl6 or 8 and get dark pact, a spell that returns mana from your pet to the warlock, at around lvl10 or 12.
also it can be buffed, maybe make it increase dmg to the caster for 5-12 seconds, or give demons special abilities or make some kind of demon armor or skin that equalizes something like dark pact and felhunter, maybe increase haste
also making affliction do more dps and do stuff like specialize in aoe in some forms and make it more rogue like, like fast action stuff! ie, cast spells, maybe some sort of combo finisher, if you dont make that combo in exact time, a penalty, something like that
Dark Pact is already a core talent in the class tree, so I don’t see the need to change that.
If Life Tap is to ever see a return it wont be to regain mana. We have long since moved away from mana and there is no good reason to go back to it. Having to spam Life Tap between rotations is awful.
Something like ‘Health Tap’? Sacrifice a Healthstone in your inventory to gain a number of Soul Shards equal to its charges remaining maybe? Puts Healthstone on CD, can’t be used while Healthstone is on CD? I dunno.
Soul Tap was really annoying to deal with on Afflic, no one really likes that sorta ‘spam 1 button for resources and nothing else’ idea. But something like Horn of Winter that you cast once inawhile might be ok?
how about something like, fel pact? sacrifices some health (3%?) for a stacking haste buff that lasts for 5 seconds, or even a damage boost, maybe 1% stacking a max of 3%? and does something with mana
like you can do agony, corruption, immolate (?), ua, fel pact, then drain life, the casters pet can also get a small damage boost, maybe 2% for 5-8 seconds, like that felguard buff in I think pandaria
one of those long cool down things probably would be shared with demonology, maybe fel tap or some kind of tap can be implemented to change or buff spells like with the demon form in wetly, and yeah, would be nice for one of those 3m cool down things for affliction. maybe 35% boost to mastery or haste like I think in another xpac
id also like agony to stack along with select dots, and some sort of envenom like combo dealer for locks
Are you asking for changes for retail or classic? While very rude, Snozex has a point in that alot of these ideas you have already exist in some form on retail.