Originally Posted by
gualdhar
I don't understand why this argument is continuing. Basically, it seems to boil down to convenience vs. utility. Either you get the "convenience" of having it up all the time without casting it, or you have the "utility" of removing it if and when the situation warrants. In the end, utility, no matter how minor, wins. If a warlock forgets to put SL on, and should have it on, then call him out. But not every build has massive pet healing. The main affliction raid build specifically doesn't include a single point in demo, removing any way for a warlock to heal his pet except health funnel. And there is no realistic way for a warlock to keep his pet up through unavoidable damage with SL up using only health funnel. Unless you're demo, instant cast summons are limited.
If you want another example, heres one: As destro fighting Forgemaster in grim batol, I can use my imp's singe magic to remove the debuff during sword phase for basically no real cost. However, if my imp dies, it could catch the healer off-guard if I can't remove the debuff anymore. So, I click off SL and use other tools to mitigate damage. Everyone wins.