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March 23, 2006, 12:37 PM
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Sakasil 70 Undead Warlock Draka US PvE Guild: Dealbreakers Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 37/3/21 |
General Lock Assistance
Hello all, Well here is my story and a quick background on me : I got the game this past christmas and love it...i quit playing EQ when EQ2 came out (veteran for 3 years) and i told myself I wouldnt play another online game again but I picked up a copy of this game because i just missed the general MMORG community...those who have played awhile will know what i mean...i picked a lock because it combined some of my favorite classes from EQ: BL, Necro, and SK...those were my 3 favorite classes and the lock has many of these all wrapped up into one...well anyway here is my dilema... This is my first character and I am currently a level 55 lock demo speccd as you can see below: and I throughly LOVE being a demo speccd lock...I love having so many options to escape death or be one of the last people standing after a long fight... http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/...10000000000000 The majority of my gear is greens "of the eagle" with every piece enchanted that can be enchanted with +sta, I have the Robe of the liche with +100 hps enchant so needless to say i have about 4.1k hp 4.2k mana which i am really satisfied with especially with my build but here is the problem... Being a 55 lock 60 is coming fast and i have been thinking about the Gearing/Respeccing to be a xx/ruin lock for the end game... I am beginning to understand that damage pwns all (as it should since in this game its the business of each character to bring things down fast) and I am finding myself to be lagging in that category..i obvioulsy do not have all the +magic damage/shadow gear (although I have a small collection in the bank) and this leads me to my below comment... I just applied and currently was accepted to join the number 1 guild on my server...and was on vent for the first time last night all in one shot... so i was pleasently surprised and didnt miss all the typing and things when it got hot and heavy in an instance (anyone who ever ran a raid just typing will know what i mean) when all of a sudden a voice comes over the chat and starts reading off the damage that everyone did in the fight..i often was not mentioned and i assumed because my damage output was low (my name was mentioned once and it was when we were surrounded by like 8 mobs and i was hellfiriing 168 dps) so I am beginning to realize how inadequate my favorite lil lock is especaially when my job for the instance was DPS...i try to tag every mob with an instant cast DOT and then AoE all the remaing mobs after the tanks have agro...but it doesnt seem to do the trick..i know its not all that important to be the number one in damage output but it seems from guild/vent chat thats what everyone seems to be concerned about stats/crits... I know i will have to change gear and respec when i hit 60 but does anyone know a good talent build where i can maintain the versatilty i currently have and still produce that kinda damage that will make people be like wow? I mean i love my current lock and i would hate to love him all the way to the end game and respec/build him into something that i wont like at 60...kinda seems like a waste to me...does any other locks feel this way? Again I am happy and excited to be in my new guild, and I really do not have any problems with respeccing for the betterment of the guild ( and by no way did anyone even tell me I had to it was just my general thought from reading the forums in here and other things that I read and the guild/vent chat) but I guess I just dont like sitting back there and spamming bolts all day at random target x... i guess i woulda rolled a mage then...i like the closeness of combat...some of you may have noticed the use of 2 points in my talent build with firestone... do not get me wrong I wouldnt try to MT an instance boss but I am just talking about every day mobs etc... Thanks for the read and any feedback would be cool... let me know if this common or if i need i shrink  |
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March 23, 2006, 12:58 PM
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Re: General Lock Assistance
I think most are going to tell you to specc how you want to specc. If what you want to up your damage you are most likely going to want to specc away from heavy demo. I hear that DM/Ruin works well. SM/Ruin can put out some serious damage and going full destruction can as well, but too many mobs are immune or have high fire resistance. It is a great PvP build though. As a lock you will not out damage most mages or Rouges, but you can still run very high. As an SM/Ruin lock I can run MC at 200+ DPS with almost no +damage gear on. I would use the damage meters add on if you want to get a clear picture of how you are doing, and how any repec or new gear affects it. |
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March 23, 2006, 01:07 PM
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Re: General Lock Assistance
I can't see your build because of firewall. But I'll comment anyway. Demo build is definately much more versatile. If you only run instances all the time and you never do PvP then maybe you should consider a respec, for that bit of extra damage. But that is not necessary. What I would recommend is putting most that +sta gear in the bank when you head out to an instance and equiping +dam gear instead. You'll notice a big jump in damage. Also having succy out for MD helps your damage. You may be better off sticking to one target and spamming shadow bolts with CoS. I know it may be boring, but that's instance life (I prefer PvP msyelf). |
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March 23, 2006, 01:13 PM
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Sakasil 70 Undead Warlock Draka US PvE Guild: Dealbreakers Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 37/3/21 |
Re: General Lock Assistance
That is a good idea and I may try that tonight if i run off to an instance...i will switch out most of my gear to better suit that...funny not sure why i didnt think of that...most of the time i have my imp imp out to assist the party..although I would rather to have big blue or succy out.. something about big blue...your my boy blue
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March 23, 2006, 02:18 PM
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Re: General Lock Assistance
hehe welcome , i also changed from 6 years of eq to wow 3 weeks ago. |
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March 23, 2006, 03:30 PM
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I personally would sugest go DM/ruin since you demo build already and used to it. w/ succy out, you get 10% damage incrse both you and succy and also succy get 30% form imp succy and 15% from unholy power, you can do tons damage that way. but that is under the condition that your guild acturally allow you to use succy as pet in raid. lots raid, they only want imp. nothing else. anyway, if they wont let you use succy then probally just sac succy for the imp shadow damage. if you found urself doing TOO much damage and grabbing aggro then pop imp to lower your aggro. But with this build, you lose lots of PVP ability that you can get at Affi build. stuffs like instand dot and slow enermy and stuffs like that. so I guess this build is for more PVE than PVP. if you really do lots PVP then go SM ruin I guess. |
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March 24, 2006, 02:36 AM
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Re: General Lock Assistance
The whole Master Demonology/Ruin or Demonic Sac/Ruin might be the way to go for you. Or maybe the same Demonology talents with Affliction since ya said ya said ya had a Necro and SK. You get most or all the Demonology tricks which rocks and the Destruction talents give ya a nice level of dps. Both styles handles close what a Magican or Necro was like in EQ if our AA's had actually worked, though not a exact translation but comfortable and familar. To me at least that is how it works. |
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March 24, 2006, 05:03 AM
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Powerbernie 70 Human Warlock Runetotem Euro PvE Guild: Shadow Ops Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 22/5/34 |
Re: General Lock Assistance
A ruin-build is definitely NOT mandatory for endgame-Warlocks, although its nice. Our most-damaging Warlock in guild is mostly demon-specced and in BWL this is the favorite specc anyways. The ability to reduce your Threat with MD or boost your damage with DS Su is extremely usefull. In addition Ruin has the problem of dealing burst-damage...which is not always wanted. I have ruin as im AoE specced with DS but it surely is not mandatory. The main thing that makes you deal more damage is equipment - if you have +200 - +300 shadow damage and Hakkars trinket then you will deal insane damage. Hellfire with a sacrificed imp and 23 Pts in Destruction will make you deal 3000-4000 DPS at ZG spiders for example. There are many ways to go - and different from other classes where specific specs are required for raids (protection specced warrirors) we Warlocks can usually go many different ways. In AQ a Warlock is needed as an offtank at the guy who heals himself with physical damage so this one needs to be demo-specced for example. A Warlock with 23 dest will outdamage all mages at AOE easily. A DS Warlock with lotsa +damage gear can be the top single-target nuker. Its all about equipment and the correct use - and dont forget, if you die then your DPS = 0. So staying alive cause of Demon talents is also not a bad idea. Well, thats just my 2 cents at least.
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