lock buff .. :)

[Krzi]

I'm in org defending from alliance 2 rogues and a druid. Anyway a priest walks up and just says "lock buff"....."lock buff"..."lock buff me man"
well to be honest I have NEVER been asked this. I was thinking wtf is he talking about. Then I say " lock buff?..with what?" So finally he ask for detect invis. was to funny. does this buff help with corpse runners? anyone else get asked for "lock buff"?

[Derch]

Alot of people thinks it helps vs stealthers, but there is a big difference between stealth and invisibility.

I do however buff alot of the time, undending breath and detect invis, to prevent my buffs (such as PW:Fortitude and BoK) from being dispelled / making them take longer to get dispelled

[Twista]

I wish Locks could cast a group buff like priests and mages that would be sweet.

[Umbralpuff]

Shall we morph the thread into a fun little creative exercise? It might be amusing. If this would be inappropriate (in terms of information structure), we can make a whole new thread.

Design your own warlock buff (a la PW:fort, gift of the wild etc) suitable for use in 5-10-25 man content. Keep an eye toward game balance (or just go wacky).

Let's see...how about...


Demonic Inspiration:
Instant cast
1240 mana
Duration: 30 min

All party members receive a demonic blessing, granting each member +15 resistance to fire and shadow spells and effects. In addition, all party members receive +2% to hit will spells and melee attacks while the caster's minion is summoned.

To make it more fun and/or complex, the secondary effect could vary based on type of minion that's summoned

Too powerful? too weak? useless? stupid?

[Evilums]

Too Boomkin on the +hit effect.

[Serpigo]

I'd also love to see a non-situational buff that locks can give out.

To the above suggestion, maybe switch the +hit to a small +crit/haste bonus?

[Tzyra]

Originally Posted by Krzi

I'm in org defending from alliance 2 rogues and a druid. Anyway a priest walks up and just says "lock buff"....."lock buff"..."lock buff me man"
well to be honest I have NEVER been asked this. I was thinking wtf is he talking about. Then I say " lock buff?..with what?" So finally he ask for detect invis. was to funny. does this buff help with corpse runners? anyone else get asked for "lock buff"?

Wow. The only thing I could think of was the imp's blood pact!

Though I do put up detect invisibility and water breathing sometimes for the same reason as Derch: to hopefully make it take longer for the spells that I actually care about to get dispelled.

I do think that detect invisibility would help you see mages that just temporarily went invisible, or if someone is approaching you with an invisibility potion, though. But mostly I just use it to hopefully make it harder to dispel my good buffs.

[Figgs]

Actually for battlegrounds I would buff people with underwater breathing and detect invisibility. It does help a little against dispels, I suppose. But those last too short to be of any real use outside of Arenas... :(

[levinho]

Yeah the buffs have no use against stealthies and only really effect for example the ability to see a mage for example who used invisability. This is much more of an arena thing against dispels but almost everyone thinks it has something to do with stealth.

I think the Succubus should have an aura that drives all male toons in 15 yds into Ravenous Lust where they take 5% more damage but also deal 5% more damage. Also, if we got a group or raid buff it should be something with a penalty like Demonic possession where a lesser minion possesses the group and gives a stat buff but drains 25 hp5 to sustain the buff.

[Hellblazer]

How about a buff that makes all mages in a 40-yard range break down in tears, sell their gear and delete their character only to re-roll a Warlock? ;)

Oh.. wait a minute.. we do that already...

Hell.