Soooooo hotfix just came out that buffed conflag and incinerate's ability to generate burning embers.....this make the spec viable yet or is it still sub-par?
We have run 2x 25m groups through paragons the last 3 nights. Each group is mixed alts/mains and each group has 3x warlocks. Comparing people trying destro to those sticking with aff/demo plus simming (pre 15% generation buffs) the gap is around 20% overall....maybe 15% on a fight playing to destro's niche of shadowburn sniping/havoc cleave. There is no way these minor buffs offset that even remotely. Destro also took a functional nerf harder than aff/demo due to the fel flame change.
IE on thok I'll just LT a bit more and ignore the interrupts to spam FF or ToC. Aff would have powerful dots ticking and only need to get off a (glyph'd?) UA or haunt cast in between the interrupts and fill w' FF. Destro can sit there looking at a mana bar more oom than an undergeared healer...
There's a thread on this, AND the 5.4 discussion thread to discuss it, AND the regular Destro guide to discuss this. There's no need to open yet another thread for this.