01-21-2007, 05:23 PM
Quote:Eh. Rogues --> just insta-nuke away, even pre death coil fear & 2 min timer and all that jazz. A decent warlock was a miniature army. Of course they've got extra relative power now, due to pre-bc talent changes.
What you REALLY don't realize is that the relative dps disparity extremely temporary, as this is pre-BC where spellcasters benefit far more from talent changes than weapon dependent classes.
Its like fighting against level 60 spells when everyone's equipped in level 50 gear. The advantage is now, but won't necessarily last. The balance of power will shift as new equipment rolls in, and soon there'll be new things to whinge on about.
I'm not sure that Warlocks will lose their current pvp advantage when we get level 70 gear. The main things coming is more stamina which has always been THE Warlock stat and anti-crit which for affliction locks at least doesn't slow them down in the slightest
I think Blizzard has always looked at population numbers when buffing and nerfing. Warriors are insanely popular and one can see why: the Hero archtype and a straightforward in your face playstyle. Warlocks have always been less popular than their power deserves. They're dps casters who don't have quite the punch of Mages. They're an "evil" archtype. They're extremely complicated, no other class has quite so many hotkeys and buttons to place. And the hated soulshard mechanic puts off a lot of players who foresee rolling a Warlock as being required to turn up to raids half an hour early to farm shards while the Warriors are pvping in WSG before demanding a summons.
I'm not sure it's wise to throw candy at classes that are unpopular. In games which have dozens of different classes it doesn't really matter that X class is underplayed - when someone brings one along it's really welcomed which is part of the satisfaction of playing one. Nor does it matter if the most popular class is actually pretty good
Blizzard seem driven to balance class populations whereas I feel there are far more important things to worry about like class balance and faction population