Originally Posted by
voidspark
Rethul Ur No posted, affliction locks really aren't that high compared to other classes. A 2.5% damage decrease is a lot.
Define "brought in line" because most people say this but really mean "nerf to fucking oblivion."
1, 2) Because it's not really as good as you think it is.
3) Yes, there are already nerfs, as you posted above (a significant 2.5% decrease), so you answered your own question...
P.S. Keep in mind other classes may also be getting buffed, which might close this perceived "huge gap" more than you'd think...
Edit: I looked over the 10 heroic results, the thing you have to remember is a lot of the higher parses (especially on 10H) are due to padding; for instance, on Will of the Emperor your AoE versus strength/boss DPS changes how you rank significantly. Same goes for receiving buffs (BoP, for instance) to get around mechanics. Now that MSV is on farm pretty much completely for most top guilds and HoF is getting there, you'll see more "outlier" parses than before that don't really reflect how useful a spec is for progression.
Case in point: Spine affliction was one of the top DPS, and the brilliant RaidBots for some reason did not exclude Spine of Deathwing from spec score. Of course, for actual usefulness of the class, warlocks were bottom of the barrel...