Warlock Irritations

[Pridelock]

Hey All,

I am really finding a few things frustrating and I wondered if you all shared the same view:

1. Soul Burn - Drain Life - Drains twice as quick for half as long / There are two ways of inteperating this. Wouldn't it be better if it said it was cast 4 times quicker?

2. Soul Burn / Soul Harvest - A 45 second cool down on burning shards for the sake of a instant cast doesn't really give us the extra burst damage I was looking for. As we only have 3 shards per fight and we cannot use Soul Harvest in combat (imo I think we should be able to) then would it not be more effective to not have a CD on Soul Burn so that we can shoot say 3 instants in a row? That would then give us a little burst damage when we want it.

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2. Soul Burn / Soul Harvest - A 45 second cool down on burning shards for the sake of a instant cast doesn't really give us the extra burst damage I was looking for. As we only have 3 shards per fight and we cannot use Soul Harvest in combat (imo I think we should be able to) then would it not be more effective to not have a CD on Soul Burn so that we can shoot say 3 instants in a row? That would then give us a little burst damage when we want it.

No. It'd be WAY overpowered. Imagine getting 3 instant cast Soul Fires in your face and you should understand why.

[Pridelock]

I see your point about the 3 instants. But even if we were to change to a 10 second cooldown - I think 45 is way too much at the moment!

[Maeco]

My irritation would be that Soul Burn only synergizes with a select few other abilities. I think if more spells would be enhanced, it would justify the 45 sec cooldown more. I am kinda content with Soul Harvest being an ooc-ability, it really makes using Soul Burn a choice instead a part of a rotation.

As for now, it feels like a lack of creativity if you examine all the soulburn effects on the few abilities, example: the Soulburn effect on Summon Teleport... seriously, I can only imagine a PvP use for that in a select few scenarios.

Drain Life, is okay I guess, but it could be more interesting. The Summon Demons soulburn effect is great though, I always hated standing still for 10 seconds waiting for manditory pet to come stand next to you.

An idea for a Soulburn effect on Shadow Bolt would be a temporary spellpower buff (think 5-10% SP for 6-8 seconds).

[Eagerbeaver]

I agree the Drain Life Soulburn effect is kind of meh. I do actually agree with 3 shards per boss fight to burn. With pre-pot SB/SF you can effectively get in 4 instant Soul Fires. Some use for affliction would be nice tho. Maybe a Soulburn Shadow Bolt that keeps the debuff up on target for 45 seconds

Also I think shadowburn should be baseline for all locks. Realllllly nice to do on any fight with adds.

[Affectionate]

yeah the "soul shard mechanic overhaul" is significantly dissapointing, Im glad we dont have to carry around 32 wastes of bagspace anymore, but I def dont feel like "using a soulshard is a big moment" by any stretch.

[Chad warden]

No. It'd be WAY overpowered. Imagine getting 3 instant cast Soul Fires in your face and you should understand why.

Not really. Since the GCD is 1.5 sec, its basically the same as if the spell was a 1.5 sec cast.. except you cant move while casting.

But we really need more soulburn effects, the only stuff you use it for now is instant soulfire and summon demons...

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I like it as is, but I agree that a few more effects would be a great step forward once things have settled from the Cataclysm.

[Deleted]

At the moment I'd like more abilities, since as a pve dps bot i don't feel like i'll get to use more than soul fire and maybe soc.

It'll be interesting to see how that impression translates in Cata though. If they do a good job of making raids and dungeons a bit less burn focussed we may find pvp style abilities get a lot more use.

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I'd like molten Core to appear on blizzard's Power Auras.

[Jadugarr]

yeah the "soul shard mechanic overhaul" is significantly dissapointing, Im glad we dont have to carry around 32 wastes of bagspace anymore, but I def dont feel like "using a soulshard is a big moment" by any stretch.

Thanks for reminding me of broken promise #673.

[Khadjid]

I'd like molten Core to appear on blizzard's Power Auras.

Your wish has already been granted, it seems.