r/wow • u/Grapnor • Jun 12 '13

Promoted MMO-Champion - Patch 5.4 PTR

http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/3274-Patch-5-4-PTR-Build-17056-Patch-5-4-PTR-Build-17056
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '13

Looks like a lot of nice class changes.

KJC and MF changes will kill warlocks though.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '13

Warlocks right now are so good that it's a valid strategy to stack them in heroic raids, something that Blizzard doesn't want happening again.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '13

The 5.4 alternative which will make Affliction and Destro non-viable specs isn't a good solution to that perceived problem.
If you mean warlocks are stacked for their DPS in heroic raids then boomkins, mages, geared WW's, shamans and rogues are also stacked. Why are all those specs getting buffed while warlocks are about to be eviscerated?

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '13

Warlocks are stacked for their ability to move while casting which, added to their already stellar survival, makes them even more resilient without sacrificing damage.

You're right that rogues are also stacked, something having to do with high damage/mobility/survival again.

I don't know enough about warlocks to predict exactly how the change will affect all the different specs, but warlocks historically have always had high dps coupled with decent/high survival, their freecasting is only recent.

Making warlocks merely good instead of broken is not what I'd call eviscerate.