December 19, 2004, 04:26 AM
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My Take on Warlock Issues (Much better title I admit =p)
Ok I've played a warlock up to 43 now on a PvP server and I recently switched to priest (just before they announced this awful fear nerf). Anyways I would like to state my opinion on why warlocks are the worst class overall in my opinion.
We get useless debuffs like lowering a mob's damage by 10 when it hits for 200's or making a mob hit harder by lowering his defense (I read it stops the mob from running away, but that sounds like a bug to me)
Before the fear nerf a warlock was basically screwed in a PvP if he fought even a half way decent paladin (I played horde), rogue, hunter, or priest and now after the change it seems that fear will most likely work as bad as enslave demon does so warlocks will be screwed against basically every class in the game now in PvP.
At 40 the voidwalker is garbage. He doesn't absorb damage like at the lower levels and he can't outtaunt any class in the game.
The succubus is a good pet for PvP to help yourself run away, good for grouping for CC/mediocre DPS, and good for solo'ing since she doesn't need to stop for mana after every fight like the imp. Although she is a good pet right now I do wish her other 3 abilities besides seduce weren't completely useless and also wish her dps was boosted a bit.
The imp is a decent pet (I got improved firebolt to make him good) but he runs out of mana pretty fast and honestly I only use him for fights against bosses who would shred my succubus to peices with their AE's.
The felhunter is the worst pet by far, his damage is awful, he can't tank, and he can't hold aggro at all. I never use him despite the arguement that spell lock can be useful.
We make the least money of all the classes (Yeah we get the free mount, but would making money be that hard if we didn't have to carry a bag of shards around at all times?)
Our DoT's are nice for PvE, but in PvP they are useless. Every other class can kill me much faster than I can kill them waiting on my DoT's to finish em off and after they win the fight they will outregen the DoT's anyways.
Now I believe Warriors are the one class that are weaker than Warlocks, BUT they get taunt which makes them useful in groups and they get fear immunity which makes them a tough challenge for a warlock even before the fear nerf. Now they will just win every time in PvP.
I could go on and list why Infernals and Doomguards are useless or how a bunch of our talents suck, but the Enslave Demon discussions have been done many times and a lot of classes talents suck so I won't bother to mention that.
That leaves us with our stones. Hardly any motivation to bring a warlock to an instance over any other class in the game. Could someone please give me an intelligent responce to my opinions? Cause as it stands I wish I never started my warlock and my hope of this coming patch giving warlock some love has been shattered.
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