Originally Posted by
Turturin the Warlock
Well, the whole discussion about the dragons is a bit of a red herring. Are we overpowered in that fight? Yes, but it is a specific situation that really doesn't occur that often - two targets spread 40yds apart that are both up the entire fight.
And it's ok. Blizzard actually wants different specs to shine at different encounters. What (they have said) they don't want is for a single spec to shine on every (or almost every encounter), which is why MM hunters and Fire Mages seem a bit out of line.
These nerfs to warlock cleave are ok, we will still be quite strong there. But the nerf to Single target is not, and there are multiple ways to compensate us single target without helping our cleave:
- buff portals
- buff imp
- There's even room to buff doomguard a bit without infernal/lord of flames
Single target matters on a bunch of fights in just the first tier:
Nythendra
Ursoc
Spider guy.
Krosus
Most of Star Augur fight
Just seems to me that there was no reason for such a hard nerf to ST - we were already behind hunters, mages, windwalkers, demon hunters. shadow priests too but pretty sure the STM nerf took care of that.
The reason for the nerf (bring talents in line) is fine and I support it. But the lack of ST compensation is troubling. Fights aren't patchwork, but ST damage still matters quite a bit (both burst and sustained)