The Warlocks Den - WoW Warlock Discussions

I was going through my screenshots from the past year, and noticed that I'd immortalized a couple of memorable conversations:



Many of you have had similar and sillier conversations, especially if you are PuG frequently or stay in trade/general chat. For many more examples of this kind of dazzling wit, check out some "Best of" threads from Blizzard's warlock forums and Warlock's Den:
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This question has been asked in the Warlock's Den forums over and over, and the answer is generally:

But why? Is there anything special about 25%?

I used a spreadhseet model to have a look at the damage contribution of two key Shadow Bolt (SB) talents, Improved Shadow...

Warpy was my first World of Warcraft character. I picked up WoW in mid-January of 2006 in order to test out the stability of a computer I'd just rebuilt, but ended up having so much fun I just stuck around. I named him after an old Diablo II character of mine. Warpy definitely has his own personality, even though Kul Tiras is not a role-playing server. He's nothing like the smarmy necromancer that he was named after. He never had two silvers to rub together, and every time he leveled it would...

A while back, I switched from a classic affliction build (raiding 42/0/19) to DS/destro (0/21/40). I had 202 spell hit, over 1100 shadow damage, and 21% chance to crit with Shadow Bolt. My DPS dropped like a stone against multiple T5 bosses.

Warlock's Den posters sternly advised at least 25% spell crit for Shadow Bolts after talents (see Crit needed for Destro build?, for example). I collected some side-grades, traded shadow damage for spell crit, and respecced again after I was...