07-14-2005, 04:53 PM
I think there are too many variable factors to draw any conclusions from one raid: how the warlock is specced, what equipment they are wearing, what skills they use etc etc.
My general experience so far is that my warlock generally rates fairly low on the damage meter scale: rogues and/or mages are usually at the top. Plus Curse of Shadow tends to buff mage's damage considerably.
With enough +shadow or +spell damage gear, and either Shadow Mastery, Master Demonologist-with-Succubus or a sacrificed Succbus, warlocks can get some pretty amazing Shadowbolt crits (between 3000 and 3900 damage or so - the new BWL items might allow you to break 4000). I got a couple of 2000 damage crits last night in LBRS - but then I also got a lot 500-600 SB hits, and I was rarely getting more than 1 or 2 hits per mob except in longer fights. While I'm spending 1.5 seconds to cast CoS for better group damage, the mages and rogues are unloading with their most damaging attacks. 2.5 seconds later my SB hits.
On the other hand, warlocks are often the last class in the group to get aggro (especially if you combine Blessing of Salvation with the new MD imp buff).
Chris
My general experience so far is that my warlock generally rates fairly low on the damage meter scale: rogues and/or mages are usually at the top. Plus Curse of Shadow tends to buff mage's damage considerably.
With enough +shadow or +spell damage gear, and either Shadow Mastery, Master Demonologist-with-Succubus or a sacrificed Succbus, warlocks can get some pretty amazing Shadowbolt crits (between 3000 and 3900 damage or so - the new BWL items might allow you to break 4000). I got a couple of 2000 damage crits last night in LBRS - but then I also got a lot 500-600 SB hits, and I was rarely getting more than 1 or 2 hits per mob except in longer fights. While I'm spending 1.5 seconds to cast CoS for better group damage, the mages and rogues are unloading with their most damaging attacks. 2.5 seconds later my SB hits.
On the other hand, warlocks are often the last class in the group to get aggro (especially if you combine Blessing of Salvation with the new MD imp buff).
Chris