Comments on: Upcoming Warlock Summoning Change

By: Spooner

Spooner — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:25:42 +0000

I really don’t know what warlocks need to make them catch up to the amount of AOE and burst damage all other classes are putting out. I really just can’t think of a solution so easily.

Destruction warlocks could probably keep up if they burned through their entire mana pool in 45 seconds but with all the AOE damage going on for most raid pulls and bosses that’s not wise since lifetapping so much will rock you.

Demonology warlocks confuse me. They’ve become a free HK for me as a paladin since I just fear their pet and then fear them if they decide to go into demon form. Also grants me an extra stun that can crit for 2k.

Affliction is pretty much the one spec played properly that kicks my ass. They have about 5 dots that can all be applied within 6 seconds or so and multiple HP regen/drain spells. For PVP an affliction lock that knows how to use demonic circle (teleport) is very hard for me to kill. In PVE on the other hand, they fall way short due to the nature of fights. I imagine on much longer fights where their dots can be most effective the story might change. But weaving shadowbolts through all that GCD must be fucking horrible.

By: Critalot

Critalot — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:14:30 +0000

Im the main raiding lock in my guild mainly cos no1 plays locks any more. i carry 40+ shards in raid and walk about with less then 10 every time we raid.. esp during 25man raids.. i cant compete with other dps classes even tho my gear is on par… but i can summon and give them green cookies real quick.. been playing a lock 3years now.. pve/pvp we need help..
maybe a Clock of Evasion jk

By: Elgar

Elgar — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:12:28 +0000

Ahhh, duh. Just goes to show how how much I raided with that warlock. None.

By: Spooner

Spooner — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:07:28 +0000

then I’d venture to say in a raid you’ll need a lot of shards and other supplies for the raid itself. at the same time you’re in a raid so your bags shouldn’t be full by any means unless you like to carry a lot of junk with you.

leveling though, esepcailyl if you have a good groove going, then I don’t see where anybody would run around with more than 5-10 shards

By: Askawarlock

Askawarlock — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:35:25 +0000

If your in a group that wipes a lot, especially raids, and are using a demon that requires a shard, they can go pretty fast if you don’t have trash to farm fresh ones off of

By: Spooner

Spooner — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:31:07 +0000

destruction warlocks with soulfire and shadowburn seems to be the only reason I can think of. and at level 80 with the demonic cricle summon thingy I think.

otherwise uhm, no I don’t see the reason behind having tons of shards on you.

By: Elgar

Elgar — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:27:40 +0000

So…I don’t play a warlock much, though I have one at level 70. The other day I was thinking, why do I carry around 24 shards all the time? She’s demonology specc’d so it doesn’t make much sense, I figured at most I’d need like 4-6. Soulstone, Healthstone Well, Summon Demon, emergency Summon Demon…and two extras? I can always snag another really quick if I need. So my question is, is it really worth having a 24 slot soul bag instead of the extra bag space I could carry anything in?? Can someone let me in on the secret of why I’d need so many shards?

By: Askawarlock

Askawarlock — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:52:45 +0000

Since blizard seems to not ever want to make our precious shards stack, this is an excellent change, ESPECIALLY for organizing world pvp raids. I’m sick of joining pug IF raids and showing being one of three that show up, and somehow expected to carry around 37 shards that I can waste on lazy scrubs