I hope they are not finished with Warlock. We are suffering badly. We need some much needed buffs in all specs. Any chance we will see some MORE changes soon?
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Is this for pvp or pve?
In pve we’re doing above average now which is a healthy spot to be (I’d really rather not be overbuffed then slammed like ele shaman). See underneath link
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/zone/statistics/38
If this is about affliction, then ya, that spec needs some work done on it more than just flat damage buffs I think.
If it’s an m+ perspective, if there is ever a time where curses end up being aoe, it should help us be more enticing to group – other than that, even with damage buffs we’ll still struggle to get invited unless the buffs are so outrageous that we’re by far the best dps class in the game (unlikely, but I wouldn’t mind it).
Aoe curse with a shard cost would be excellent.
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I’m usually at the top of the meters as destro. 1mil -1.4mil dps depending on the situation. 610ilvl
PvE numbers-wise is fine… I just really wish that the current incarnations of Cataclysm & Vile Taint would diaf.
It’s our equivalent of spamming Whirlwind. It shouldn’t require a 30s cooldown. When I need to do more AoE 10 seconds after I start AoEing, can I please have a way to do that if I’m playing something other than Demo?
Also Burning Rush… can we please have either a drastic damage nerf on it, or have it removed from the GCD. It feels awful to use.
That’s literally all I’d change right now - maybe throw some silly buffs to unplayed talents like Dimensional Rift or Oblivion just to shake things up, but that’s 100% optional.
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It is really hard to beat the melee… or shamans…
a little bit more buff would be really nice =)
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destro have 0 burst, you can do the same damage in the first 30 seconds in a 7mins encounter and still do the same dps at 6 mins mark, even if you pre-RoF on mythic brood, everything get destroyed by people who have real “CD”
affliction have aoe bursts, but adds dont even live that long even in most encounters or affliction to setup for aoe rotation before sending rapture
and demo’s dps is so mechanic based, if you get mechanic and you are forced to move for 2 seconds, you screwed your imp timing for implosion, and domino effect starts there
im starting to hate all warlock specs, specs that have no real burst heavily depend on how bad your group is, to do decent damage, its stupid logic
and i hate how destro did so well in court and put us on near the top of the overall damage chart at 95% perf, these specs need rework
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I agree 100%. The class has been almost the same since wod. It reqs a huge rework.
Vile taint really shouldnt have a cd.
Its all about removing the double-taxed and triple-taxed spells, ie cd+cast++shard. One is enough, two only in special circumstances, but never, ever should three exist.
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I love the new found attention on triple taxed spells. I first saw it mentioned earlier this week I think. If nothing else it’s a solid starting point for beginning to address the “warlock play style in modern wow” gripes.
Yea, i was the first to mention it in the “warlock wishlist” thread i believe. I think its just entirely wrong to multi-charge spells like that, the expect locks to perform like all the classes who do not have that sort of cost to dps ratio.
Its quite simple, really.
The spell either costs a shard, cast time or cd.
In special cases, a spell/offensive cd, it mit cost a shard + cast/cd.
NEVER should it cost all three.
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More dots, less casts.
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