The legend of the Affliction Warlock

[icecreamtruck]

Do you remember? Doting up tons of mobs with Siphon Life,CoA,corruption. Having 5 dots on 1 poor guy at once. getting heals from all over the place.

...Feral dots does 2x more dmg then affli dots now, and that isn't even a dot spec. The healing you get from SL is so low now, its hardly worth speccing it.

Ok lets not turn this into a QQ thread but seriously, those were good times...

[ikotanya]

yes they were

[doril33t]

even jesus hate warlocks.

[shiftnes]

aah yea the good old times i miss them 2 ! (ty blizz...)

[DemoBytom]

pull 20+mobs, use shadowburn+SoC (talented) to spread corruption on all targets. Cast helfire and enjoy full HP all the time..
on one target - SL+haunt+Drain Life - no way you drop below 80%HP.. Ever. Not in PvE.
You don't have enough DoTs?

Corruption, Agony, Haunt, Unstable Affliction dealing dmg. (that is only 1 less than you sad you miss). Add Elements to it and you have 5 dots on target. Plus there are a bonuses from Haunt and SB you should keep a track too.

You get too low dmg? Oh come on.. :? Learn not to fail.. Affli is fun to play ATM, even more than it used to be IMHO.

[Deleted]

Do you talk about PvE oder PvP?
For PvE, I like it better the way it is now. I dont care about self heal, dps is very competitive and its fun to play.

[Mela]

feral not a dot specc??? roughly 50% of a ferals damage is from dots. if you take away the autohits that leaves you with 62.5% of the ability damage, which is quiet as much as an affliction warlocks dot effects.

[Dragonshardz]

even jesus hate warlocks.

And we are proud of that.

"The Affliction days,"aaah... Pwning the shit out of people in Arena, farming mobs in Shadowmoon valley (12 + of em) while still holding that warrior/paladin at bay... Those were the days

[Xanoectos]

pull 20+mobs, use shadowburn+SoC (talented) to spread corruption on all targets. Cast helfire and enjoy full HP all the time..
on one target - SL+haunt+Drain Life - no way you drop below 80%HP.. Ever. Not in PvE.
You don't have enough DoTs?

Corruption, Agony, Haunt, Unstable Affliction dealing dmg. (that is only 1 less than you sad you miss). Add Elements to it and you have 5 dots on target. Plus there are a bonuses from Haunt and SB you should keep a track too.

You get too low dmg? Oh come on.. :? Learn not to fail.. Affli is fun to play ATM, even more than it used to be IMHO.

People need to understand that Haunt and Curse of Elements are not DoTs. DoT stands for Damage over Time, neither of those to things actually deal damage over time, therefore they are called debuffs when they are on the target.

Also, Afflic is no where what it used to be. I remember being able to solo a lot of stuff as affliction in the past, but the nerf to siphon life if what did it for me. No matter how you look at it, Affliction is dead as a reliable self-healing spec.

[Coldkil]

i rolled a lock.

afflliction from very start. nothing can beat this feeling.

also: making my unit frames wide enough to have all debuffs in only one line XD

[PlatedPriest]

feral only has 2 dots. warlocks have many. both are dot specs what it is a quailty vs quantity. feral has 2 very strong dots warlocks has many dots

[Leoncer]

For the sake of pure nostalgia I shall remenise with the OP... I enjoyed affli in TBC where Siphon Life + DL (with multiple DoTs) + that shadoweave set (with the +3% healing or whatever) = absolute fun ^^

I'm destro now because I don't enjoy the feel of affliction anymore...

[icecreamtruck]

feral not a dot specc??? roughly 50% of a ferals damage is from dots. if you take away the autohits that leaves you with 62.5% of the ability damage, which is quiet as much as an affliction warlocks dot effects.

Indeed feral dots does too much damage now. But feral still isn't a dot spec.

pull 20+mobs, use shadowburn+SoC (talented) to spread corruption on all targets. Cast helfire and enjoy full HP all the time..
on one target - SL+haunt+Drain Life - no way you drop below 80%HP.. Ever. Not in PvE.
You don't have enough DoTs?

Corruption, Agony, Haunt, Unstable Affliction dealing dmg. (that is only 1 less than you sad you miss). Add Elements to it and you have 5 dots on target. Plus there are a bonuses from Haunt and SB you should keep a track too.

You get too low dmg? Oh come on.. :? Learn not to fail.. Affli is fun to play ATM, even more than it used to be IMHO.

The thing is that SL as it is now, can't outheal the dmg from a single non elite mob. trying to say that we have just as much dots now as before is just pathetic. Haunt and CoE is debuffs. Not dots. We have 3 dots now.

feral only has 2 dots. warlocks have many. both are dot specs what it is a quailty vs quantity. feral has 2 very strong dots warlocks has many dots

many= 3?

[Nest]

feral only has 2 dots. warlocks have many. both are dot specs what it is a quailty vs quantity. feral has 2 very strong dots warlocks has many dots

Except that Feral isn't a "dot spec".

[lethargik]

right now affliction just plain out sucks. I like it too, but it's damn near impossible to kill anything when your dots are barely tickling someone and here comes a 10k+ conflag. haven't even mentioned warriors and rogues.

[dklol]

feral only has 2 dots. warlocks have many. both are dot specs what it is a quailty vs quantity. feral has 2 very strong dots warlocks has many dots

Why are ppl just so ridiculously dumb? WLs got 3 (three) dots...corr crits for 4-5k with haunt(no dot) and SE(no dot) on the target, feral dots crit for 8k+ each

Other example: In a pvp situation a full dotline with debuffs and drain life spam does less dps than jumping around as destro just spamming conflag and sometimes cb xD

[DemoBytom]

Also, Afflic is no where what it used to be. I remember being able to solo a lot of stuff as affliction in the past, but the nerf to siphon life if what did it for me. No matter how you look at it, Affliction is dead as a reliable self-healing spec.

I don't have any problems soloing things atm. TFA in Northrend is easier than it used to be. NO way to die there even with suboptimal gear. Tried some big elites in northrend and never had any problems. Pulling 2 full rooms in old world Scholo is much easier than it used to be before 4.01.

And as for dmg done - I'm competetive with any other class atm. On AoE nobody beats me, on single target I'm near the top always (we're all 264geared, no 25m HC stuff). We don't do crits like 10k conflag, but when you have 4 or 5 spells constantly dealing dmg on target and each of them crit for 2-4k (or more, don't have wow on to check it) - you get as much dmg as others with one big crit..

People whine too much. Affli shouldn't be unkillable, with self heal like it had a healer on his back. But it's still OK, enough for any PvE/leveling. And not too OP in PvP.

ATM doing loremaster of Northrend and basicly any amount of mobs cannot kill me.

[Mela]

Except that Feral isn't a "dot spec".

would you please define dot spec for me then. because i always thought dot spec means the greatest part of your damage comes from dots...
and btw i bet you cast more SB then dots in a pve environment.

[BuNNyRespawned]

I love Affliction, and will never go Destruction.

Mainly because I don't like Mages.

[PlatedPriest]

Except that Feral isn't a "dot spec".

how is feral not a dot spec when the majority of there dmg comes from dots?