[BETA] Affliction Warlock Discussion

[Kirroth]

Update from the theorycraft thread. Tormented Souls, Soul Flame, and Wrath of Consumption are all not supposed to require killing blows, merely contribution to the kill. Any situation where do currently do is a bug that will be fixed.

This makes them significantly less useless, especially on bosses with lots of adds. One untalented Seed to mark everything with Corruption means adds packs will each be exploding for Soul Flame damage as they die. Maintaining a 5-stack of WoC won't be unreasonable on a lot of fights. Reap Souls uptime on some fights is going to be approaching 100%.

[Spunt]

Update from the theorycraft thread. Tormented Souls, Soul Flame, and Wrath of Consumption are all not supposed to require killing blows, merely contribution to the kill. Any situation where do currently do is a bug that will be fixed.

This makes them significantly less useless, especially on bosses with lots of adds. One untalented Seed to mark everything with Corruption means adds packs will each be exploding for Soul Flame damage as they die. Maintaining a 5-stack of WoC won't be unreasonable on a lot of fights. Reap Souls uptime on some fights is going to be approaching 100%.

Thank God. Was starting to get worried aff locks would have to deal with shitty artifacts for months before they finally got changed into something useful.

[Tellof]

Thank God. Was starting to get worried aff locks would have to deal with shitty artifacts for months before they finally got changed into something useful.

Even if the artifact was still sub-par, at least the AoE rotation is still better to play than in WoD... Blizz would probably be more likely to fix a broken artifact than a whole rotation.

[pixelated senpai]

I wonder if our soul flame trait will be green if we've done the green fire quest.

[zvvl]

Even if the artifact was still sub-par, at least the AoE rotation is still better to play than in WoD... Blizz would probably be more likely to fix a broken artifact than a whole rotation.

I don't you could reasonably create an AoE rotation worse than current Affliction in WoD.

[Deleted]

since when Aff live has a aoe rotation?

[zvvl]

since when Aff live has a aoe rotation?

sb:soc -> soc spam

kek

[Deleted]

sb:soc -> soc spam

kek

More like "press dual spec button to destro/demo"

[Deleted]

More like "press dual spec button to destro/demo"

i thought it was "run around in circles like a headless chicken coz thats more constructive than me spamming Seeds"

[hiramloram]

i thought it was "run around in circles like a headless chicken coz thats more constructive than me spamming Seeds"

"Can't do that while moving".

[zvvl]

"Can't do that while moving".

Just take Kil'jaedens cunning. It's quite useful

[MirikhM]

If there are mods which make the DoTs on Effigy easier to track then that would mollify me

The Blizz UI default icons on the Soul Effigy were too small for me, so I set the Effigy on focus. Then I made some simple dot trackers with TellMeWhen (Beta version) that were set for Focus target. This lets me configure them easily.
Not sure this is what you are after and others could make more elegant solutions, but this works for me for now.

I don't like wasting my Focus target like this, but that's all I can think of.

[Deleted]

Just take Kil'jaedens cunning. It's quite useful

Argh, right in the feels! ToT-style KJC was the best ;<

[Deleted]

Have anyone experience weird interactions with SoC not detonating properly and expiring no matter how much damage you put onto the target?

Random thought: Demonic Power is damn good (and i mean conflagration-level good)

[Woz]

Have anyone experience weird interactions with SoC not detonating properly and expiring no matter how much damage you put onto the target?

Random thought: Demonic Power is damn good (and i mean conflagration-level good)

Yes, SoC is bugged. If I remember correctly from other people saying it in the Discord channel it will explode when the duration expires.

[dholland662]

I wonder if our soul flame trait will be green if we've done the green fire quest.

I think it is already. I've seen it green on beta footage

[Terryn]

Yes, SoC is bugged. If I remember correctly from other people saying it in the Discord channel it will explode when the duration expires.

I didn't have any of these issues, and others said that respecking out and back into sow the seeds fixed the issue.

[pixelated senpai]

I didn't have any of these issues, and others said that respecking out and back into sow the seeds fixed the issue.

same, but then i logged in today and i had the issue, i shall try the spec switching thing.

[Deleted]

It only happened to me randomly while doing 1 specific dungeon iirc RM

[Edgary]

What is everyone's thoughts on the new Soul Harvest talent?