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Miim · August 25, 2008, 01:48 AM

Hey

Thinking about this and posting earlier got me excited about affliction.
I want to hear your thoughts on what can be done to make affliction viable as a DPS spec in Wrath of the Lich King.

Here are some of the things I'm thinking of:

1) Give us a valid affliction filler spell.

I don't want to use a destro spell as filler as affliction. Is just wrong that a untalented destro spell (SB) > talented Life Drain. This more or less forces us to use destro as a sub-tree and that means you HAVE to get ruin, and makes the 51 talent in affliction untakeable. Thats just wrong imo.

My suggestion would be to either give us a new affliction channeling spell that could work side by side with life and mana drain. But functions as a pure damage drain. This should be a affliction talent. Or give us a way to talent drain soul to make it a damage spell.

Making Life drain ticks able to crit could aslo be a choice, but that could maybe have some PvP issues. A pure damage channeling spell would not be unbalanced for PvP.

2) Crit and afflction.
Crit should be worth something for affliction. At least now that they are generalising caster gear. Making DOTS crit would be both fun and give them a huge damage boost. Without some talent the crit would be a 50% damage increase so I dont see it as beeing OP, it ofc has to be scaled to match other options.

But really I think the 1) would be a main fix for affliction.
I want to see locks going full affliction and using demo as a filler tree. And with 0 points in destro.

Might just be a dream though.

August 25, 2008, 01:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
Miim Member Character Info Miim 70 Gnome Warlock Shadowsong Euro Guild: Empathy Talent Spec: 0/21/40	What needs to be done with Affliction to make it Viable (PvE) Hey Thinking about this and posting earlier got me excited about affliction. I want to hear your thoughts on what can be done to make affliction viable as a DPS spec in Wrath of the Lich King. Here are some of the things I'm thinking of: 1) Give us a valid affliction filler spell. I don't want to use a destro spell as filler as affliction. Is just wrong that a untalented destro spell (SB) > talented Life Drain. This more or less forces us to use destro as a sub-tree and that means you HAVE to get ruin, and makes the 51 talent in affliction untakeable. Thats just wrong imo. My suggestion would be to either give us a new affliction channeling spell that could work side by side with life and mana drain. But functions as a pure damage drain. This should be a affliction talent. Or give us a way to talent drain soul to make it a damage spell. Making Life drain ticks able to crit could aslo be a choice, but that could maybe have some PvP issues. A pure damage channeling spell would not be unbalanced for PvP. 2) Crit and afflction. Crit should be worth something for affliction. At least now that they are generalising caster gear. Making DOTS crit would be both fun and give them a huge damage boost. Without some talent the crit would be a 50% damage increase so I dont see it as beeing OP, it ofc has to be scaled to match other options. But really I think the 1) would be a main fix for affliction. I want to see locks going full affliction and using demo as a filler tree. And with 0 points in destro. Might just be a dream though.