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Re: Warlock questions.

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From: pete...
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 16:19
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On Sunday, February 23, 2014 3:13:53 AM UTC-5, Peter T. wrote:
> Den 23-02-2014 04:57, pete...@gmail.com skrev:
 
>> I'm mainly trying to get a decent dps toon for my guild. Afflocks seem to do
>> well in raids, though its been suggested that destro is better for leveling
>> in crappy gear.
 
> Wut?  Destro for leveling?!?  I will recommend afflic for leveling at
> any time.  Send in void tank, dot mobs, pick your nose, loot, profit.
> Literally.  I leveled my lock without any deaths until I got too cocky
> and pulled a pretty large group of mobs somewhere in outland around
> level 65 or such. ^^

I have to say that I'm growing very fond of my voidwalker :-). It's *such*
a difference from a ret pally.

The argument seemed to be that afflic locks at endgame require trinket procs;
without the items they lose a lot of dps.

Notwithstanding, my experience has been as you describe, and I'm not very
motivated to change.

What I don't have is up-front burst damage. It takes several global cooldowns
before my damage on an individual mob takes off, and in an instance, the mob
is usually near-dead by then. I look a lot better on bosses, and my rain of
fire is very effective when there is a large group of tightly packed mobs.

pt
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