Dumbest change ever, no reason for a warlock to spec 31 points into Demonology anymore.
I foresee Warlocks getting the most changes and balance adjustment this phase
affliction will shine as pure dps and vampire tank. demo becomes useless completely with these changes and destro is overplayed and boring (also nerfed to useless with lake of fire changes)
Look, do I understand the change is because of the fact that a free 30% damage mit on an already sturdy tank is OP? Of course.Am I upset that the sub-spec that was explictly Demo themed can't make use of its capstone talent that would have been used for probably the first time since it was introduced? Also yes.
Might be a pvp nerf. but now theres literally 0 reason for PVE Tanks to go demo... what a WASTED potential blizzard royally screwed this up.
good pvp change, warlocks in meta will now be extra squishy to our paladin brethren
thank friggin god
20 years later and Blizzard still has not learned to separate PVP and PVE damage or ability modifications; or both? If player is target then 'xyz adjust down' (yes I know its more complicated than that but in general tone down pvp use only). Otherwise, I do not play a Warlock and do not care but who cares if its great in PVE? Good for all PVE I saw. To heck with nerfs 'because pvp' just nerf only-pvp function of it but leave PVE alone. Again, I do not even play a Warlock but if I level one and stick to PVE, once again, who cares if 'fun' in PVE leave it be fun for whomever in PVE.
Great! Now I will not hear as healer screaming ..Heal my pet! Btw tank should not be doing dmg so high aniyway to pass dps with his dps kekw
dps warlocks still untouched , wow sod logs first page top 100 shows like 80 warlocks, 10 mages and a few hunters & shamans but thank phuck we have nerfed shamans so the rp female dwarf paladin faction can pump again in p3.
So dumb still not separating PvP changes from PvE.
I feel like this is a change to try and balance the PvP aspect opf the game, but they could have made the 30% not be affected by player damage. I Used SL build for my first 3 gnomers to let my raid get used to the fights and allow my healers to get used to each other and get in rhythm. I agree that it's not the end all be all, but if you don't log, it's a fine build to play it safe, the deep prot of Warlock i called it. Sad to see it go, but it just means my healers will need to rise to the occasion.
Demo could be good dps only if the Felguard deals a lot of damage, but usually Blizzard nerf things like that. Demo will become the PvP build. I still think it'll be great, because you can now pick up Haunt with Soul Link and Master Channeler.
In the interest of "balance" we've decided a small outlier for PvP will dictate PvE content decisions going forward.RIP Soul Link.
