🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sunday, February 23, 2014 9:23:26 PM UTC-5, | || ||| ||||| || | wrote:
> On 24/02/2014 2:49 AM, pete...@gmail.com wrote:
>> 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.
 
> In the other message I agree
> BUT some melee really -really- object to having it filling their screen,
> and also a big blue thing blocking their view so if they can
> live(literally :-) with single target slow start dots that barely tick
> and channeled drains plus bolts from the imp thats their call.
>   Of course they are also the ones usually posting recount lists in lvl
> 25 dungeons , oh thats me right down there :-)

In instances I switch to imp - after all there's a tank to (try to) keep mobs
off me.

I set up a second destro spec today, with new glyphs, but the same gear. 
Still learning to play it, but the dps is noticeably higher.

pt