Anyone else feel like Warlocks got the short end of the stick in terms of escapes?
Currently, we have:
Affliction: Instant AoE fear 45s cd, teleport 30s cd, DC 2m cd
Demo: DC, teleport
Destro: DC, teleport, 3s stun 20s cd, succy seduce if available
Thats abysmal compared to other casters. Now lets look at these abilities individually.
-The teleport requires preperation before-hand making it either not available when you need it or annoying to use in BGs.
-Fear is easily the most counterable form of CC in the game, 3 classes can counter it (DKs, Warriors, Shamans), can be dispelled, trinketed, tremor totemed, an entire race can counter it (undead), and it breaks after 2 dot ticks.
-DC is on a 2 minute cooldown, way to long for something that only keeps someone back for 3 seconds. It's technically not an escape ability because 3 seconds isn't enough time to get away from someone.
-Same goes for the 3s aoe stun, not really an escape ability.
-Succy seduce is the only other TRUE escape abilities we have, and it's not even used in 2 of the 3 specs and even as a Destro, it's still almost never used as a pet.
Thinking about it, a pre-arranged teleport is our only reliable escape ability, and it requires time and location to set up. It works in certain location but requires the lock to remain in that location. If you need to be chasing someone for something, then it's useless.
Now compare our escapes with a Mage's. They have iceblock (clears dots/debuffs in order to invisible, buys time for escape cds to refresh like blink), 3 different forms of ice nova, blink, tons of snares, poly, invisibility, run speed boost (fire), mirror image (like a fd) and I'm probably forgetting other stuff.
I know Locks have to sacrifice some escapes because we have "better survivability" in the form of heals and more HP, but how much does your 500 hp heal/tick corruption really help you when you're getting pounded by a Rogue hitting you for 5k+? Would you rather have 2k extra HP or a reliable ice barrier on a 20-something sec cooldown that absorbs 4k hp and roots everyone in place when they break it?
Is it too much to ask for something more reliable?