Warlock's identity is pretty much gone honestly. Back in BC we were the only class along with hunters that had pets. Now even if not all permanent pets, most classes can have one, lots of our spells/design went to other classes, most of the core identity and fun stuff got removed and on top of it all they screwed up big time by separating spells by spec identity(this is for all classes).
I would gladly give up all my other max lvl characters to get back one of the play styles we had from WoTLK to MoP. They weren't perfect, far from it, but the gameplay was enjoyable.
Being a turret that isn't even tanky is by no way an enjoyable kind of gameplay.
Yeah, I didn't sign up to be a green fire mage. Warlocks consort with and use demons, cast curses and merge void and fel magic. It's why I liked demo in cata, it grabbed from both spells in the affliction and destruction kits while having some of its own flair with meta and of course soulfire and the felguard.
Gul'dan shows the potential for spells that warlocks can have, as does Kil'jaeden.
Absolutely the truth. Ever wonder why locks never received any demon model updates with yet another whole expansion dedicated to demonic invasion ? They did not want them visually appealing lest is detract from the marketing of the Demon Hunter.
What bothers me more then anything though is no graphical/spell animation updates at all. The only class not to receive any and it was confirmed at Blizzcon they had not even started work on yet, which means they outright lying to us back in July when they told us it was not quite complete yet.
When you play a lock you do not even feel like you belong in the game. Standing beside a shaman or priest makes you feel like such a Dweep. If I was a class designer working at Blizzard I would be embarrassed by this, but they apparently ok with it.
I use to think that those that thought Blizzard had it in for Warlocks were conspiracy nuts. I mean this is business after all. Who deliberately tries to alienate a segment of their playing population ? It makes no sense at all. Now however, count me in with the other nutters. It isn't so much of deliberate sabotage but of lazy design and neglect. There is a quite history of why their maybe animosity if anyone is interested in researching it.
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I heard them say they’re actively working warlock spell animations, but I don’t remember them giving a timeframe.
Are we the only caster's that haven't been improved?
In fact are we the only class, didn't melee get updates on release/ the pre patch?
This really is the fuck warlocks expansion until the very end lmao.
I'd be curious who spoke to who, lot of heresay there.
Some of the discord admins are people who I wouldn't put any faith in, while others I would consider believing. It wouldn't terribly surprise me though, as I feel like the class desperately needs another overhaul after what happened to it in legion. If that were the case I'd be happy about it.
..and so he left, with terrible power in shaking hands.
WOW should not be the only arrow in your quiver. If you like the lore and the playstyle of Warlocks or rather what Warlocks use to be, there are plenty of other games that are ready to accommodate you with the added bonus of not carrying around WOW's stigma of being the dumpster bin of classes where all the refuse is deposited. Why do you think Warlocks class halls were put in the sewers where all the cities waste flows down to ?
As much as WOW's graphics have improved over the years and I must give them credit for getting the absolute most out of their ancient engine, they are still very primitive compared to modern games. You are never going to get any Witcher quality graphics out of WOW. The character customization will not even allow for variations in height and weight.
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