Right now they are missing an entire talent tree, and while they have a decent pve spec, guess what, pve only happens every three days. The rest of the time pvp is the only thing to do in this horrible phase, and warlocks are completely left behind. When are the devs going to listen and do something about it?
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Well blizzard has to go through the phases of nerfing one or two classes a week then making one stupidly OP for no reason so you just have to wait your turn.
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Warlocks are still performing really well in group PvP. You either fully embrace the affi Meta tank, or backline and Chaosbolt with the other chad casters.
Either one is viable.
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haunt and master channeler runes and soul link is gonna be busted next phase for dueling
They need to nerf all the over performing pve specs before they can provide QOL changes really. Pretty hard to say ask for buffs when destro lock, fire mages, and melee hunters are basically in their own bracket fighting for number one dps spot.
I’ve settled for just trying to ask for worthless runes to be buffed to usefulness. Plus warlocks get Death Coil next phase which pretty much fixes all pvp woes for locks. Not saying you don’t deserve any love but I would say blizzard needs to spend time nerfing like 13 specs down a few pegs
Why would warlocks get buffed when they’re already broken? They’re top of the meters in gnomer and they’re unkillable in pvp with master channeler/soul link.
I wouldn’t even list that in the top 5 builds for lock, either…
Warlock is fine, if not overpowered atm. Destro damage for example, is absolutely bonkers when they can cast.
Affliction, too, despite people crying about it compared to shadow priest, is actually doing fairly insane spread pressure in bgs dot cleaving.
Then there’s a hybrid aff/destro build that’s up there…
And meta variants of both builds are at least viable (though I think meta rune is the sign of a lesser warlock)
That’s not to say the soul link build is bad, it’s just kind of a weird livelord build that lacks output, and I’d put all the others above it.
People crying about the class (saying its bad) simply need to get better at it.
Really getting tired of hearing that. It doesn’t fix being able to be nuked from max range by a broken starsurge/starfire combo. Melee classes generally already aren’t a problem 1v1 if you go meta/channeler. But affliction runes are going to need a complete rework to make the tree at all viable. And the only way to balance the completely broken caster burst is to give drain life a 40 yard range as well.
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The reason why Warlock is so weird is because our niche of being the durable caster that has to do a bit of face tanking but has good selfhealing just doesn’t exist in SOD, everyone does way too much damage.
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No, it’s not, stop spreading these kinds of lies. Affliction does too little damage to have ANY effect in bgs. If you’re playing affliction in a bg and think you’re doing well, it’s either because the other team is just bad or you are being carried.
What a completely awful take. The reason meta is the only viable pvp rune is because it gives you the ability to damage on the run. Once you’ve tickled someone up with your affliction dots, what are you supposed to do for damage output? Instant searing pain along with talents and runes like demonic grace at least gives some mobile damage output. It essentially serves as one last “dot” that ticks every gcd.
Simple solution: rework the awful affliction runes and buff affliction damage. Haunt needs to flat out be a 100% damage buff, anything else is just a slap in the face given what every other class has.
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The last game I played as aff, I was 24-1, and by far the top damage in every team fight.
If they either can’t dispel or don’t dispell then they rot. That’s always been aff’s MO
Meta isn’t even good.
It’s a training wheels version of the class for people who can’t play the class.
Chaos bolt is miles better for destro, and haunt is miles better for affliction.
You lose your ability to fear, which is one of your strongest spells, and open yourself up to 2 new ccs…all so you can dramatically lower your burst potential, and desynch your spell combos.
No good warlock is running meta.
Also, when a target is fully dotted, you either sit outside their range to let them rot, or for up someone else. Affliction isn’t a single target spec in pvp, you rot everyone.
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Ranged hunter needs more help.
Just because melee specalist rune is absolutely broken doesnt mean ranged bm, mm, and sv should be ignored.
Warlocks need some tuning as well, but the entire hunter class is garbage outside of one rune proping melee hunter up to viable levels.