Originally Posted by
Dracodraco
Clearly you haven't kept track. During Cataclysm, Mages, Hunters and Locks has all had their high and low points. We didn't bring a mage for months in T11 because they were terrible till they got buffed to be decent. They didn't become "strong" untill DTR (where every caster pulled ahead), and they didn't become über good till they recieved their Firelands buffs.
Considering warlocks, they were never "clearly" on top for any tier. They were upper middle.
But that's besides the point - you're saying locks and Mages have been at the top every tier (which, obviously, they have not) - that doesn't mean any class can EXPECT to always be the strongest. No one "can". Just because one thing is powerfull for X tiers in a row, doesn't guarantee it'll stay powerfull. My logic does not fail, nothing is securing anyone at the spot they're currently in.
An example could be Boomkins - their AOE was like, THE strongest burst AOE ever through Cataclysm with Mushrooms (as witnessed on Yorsahj and Ragnaros). Now their AOE is pretty much dead-last, while hunters are bursting for completly insane amounts as Surv.
Also, hunters have had more "top dps"-time the past 4 tiers than warlocks do (t11 and t12, and argueably, after the buffs halfway through T13 vs t14). You just THINK warlocks have been on top for all of those tiers because you only look at the multidot fights where they excelled. Warlocks were good for TWO fights in firelands - Alysrazor (where they were argueably the weakest flying dot-class still), and Ragnaros Heroic (due to pushing meteors in P3 with their sustained burst over the entire bloodlust). Hunters were good for all of them.