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November 03, 2008, 04:10 AM

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Akasha

The "Lock List"

When we set out to work on the classes in Lich King, we had some specific goals for each one. Our mission was not to overhaul every class. We had specific things we want to accomplish.

For locks, the list looked something like this:

Give Destro a rotation that involved more than just Shadowbolt.
Make sure Affliction had dps comparable with the difficulty in pulling off the rotation.
Get locks to care more about pets without it just being Imps in PvE and Felhunters in PvP (and sac'ing pets as often as possible).
Get the Felguard back out and make the Infernal and Doomguard not a joke.
Make the dps stones something someone might actually use.
Make Affliction care more about Shadow and Destro fire.
Get Demo back into the PvE game again.
Get rid of the hassles with demon training.

Now that Lich King is virtually done, we've moved on to some different topics. This is a partial list, but includes things like:

Make sure locks do rogue / hunter / mage level dps at 80.
Make sure locks have enough survivability in PvP (since we nerfed a lot of it).
Fix some of those deep Demo talents that really aren't worth the investment.
Make shards more interesting and less of a hassle.
Get the Voidwalker (and possibly Succubus?) back out.
Look at the dps spells that cost shards.
Try and make more of the dots a consistent length, so that Affliction's rotation doesn't require such a big brain.
Get dots to either scale with crit or just crit.

I know that's vauge, and I'm reconstructing the list off the top of my head. Of course I imagine we'll add to that list once we see what the 3 specs actually look like at 80 with thousands of people playing them.

Source: Ghostcrawler in Why Is Blizzard To Stubborn To Change DS?

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November 03, 2008, 04:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
Gallaira Character Info Gallrock 80 Orc Warlock Galakrond US PvE PvP Guild: Born of Ashes Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/13/58	Re: The "Lock List" Wait, did a blue just admit to Warlock nerfing? It's always happened, but they never admit it __________________

November 03, 2008, 04:55 AM	#3 (permalink)
~~dyn0myt3~~ Character Info Elreak 70 Gnome Warlock Euro PvP Guild: Reak N Crew Talent Spec: 42/19/0	Re: The "Lock List" Nice post. A little sunshine goes a long way. :D

November 03, 2008, 04:57 AM	#4 (permalink)
Lopennie Character Info Lopennie 80 Gnome Warlock Draenor US PvE Guild: Paradox Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 54/17/0	Re: The "Lock List" I've learned to never get my hopes up when a blue posts something but, I might one more time. If they actually gives us some more survivability in pvp and comparable dps in raids I would love that more than anything.(and the soul shard thing is nice too :P ) __________________ "There are only three sins - causing pain, causing fear, and causing anguish. The rest is window dressing." -Roger Caras

November 03, 2008, 06:52 AM

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neej

Re: The "Lock List"

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrkSnpr14

Wait, did a blue just admit to Warlock nerfing?

It's always happened, but they never admit it

Balancing without "nerfing" you mean buffing everybody non-stop. You would have to buff the mobs, too, otherwise the game would outscale too quickly.

November 03, 2008, 06:57 AM

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El Tanakh

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Garii
80 Tauren Druid
Cho'gall US PvP
Profile: Blizzard Armory

Re: The "Lock List"

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrkSnpr14

Wait, did a blue just admit to Warlock nerfing?

It's always happened, but they never admit it

He admitted PvP nerf, the difference with the previous BC nerfs is that we were OP before em, but at the end of S4 we were with good gameplay at best on par with melee.

Maybe i will not abandon my lock... but my roge is proving soo fun, and the guild needs l33t healzors more

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November 03, 2008, 08:21 AM	#7 (permalink)
Rutiene Character Info Luxury 80 Blood Elf Warlock Deathwing US PvP Guild: Addiction Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 54/0/17	Re: The "Lock List" This post made me all warm and fuzzy on the inside. <:

November 03, 2008, 08:41 AM	#8 (permalink)
Namuh Character Info Namuh 70 Human Warlock Medivh US PvE Guild: Squirrel Mafia Talent Spec: 46/0/15	Re: The "Lock List" Excellent! and they accomplished most of the items in the first list. Now if the scaling works as planned we "should" be just fine at 80 and with some minor adjustment I think we will be back on the top of the meters. Have faith...and remember they are catering to 11 million people and you cant please everyone. __________________ ♪´¨) *¸.·´¸.·´¨) ¸.·¨)* (¸.·´ (¸.·`¤ Namuh LvL?? Warlock

November 03, 2008, 09:00 AM	#9 (permalink)
XavronMG Character Info Xavron 80 Gnome Warlock Moon Guard US RP PvE Guild: Veritas Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 53/1/17	Re: The "Lock List" Overall, I give them about a B+ on changes so far.

November 03, 2008, 09:01 AM	#10 (permalink)
Rutiene Character Info Luxury 80 Blood Elf Warlock Deathwing US PvP Guild: Addiction Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 54/0/17	Re: The "Lock List" I'm a little worried that they failed so miserably on: "Make sure Affliction had dps comparable with the difficulty in pulling off the rotation." And yet it's not on the list anymore.

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