Big set of Warlock Changes

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At least they see it.
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No. They see something, but not the real problem. Guarentee you, they aren't going to fix the issue with shadow spells coupling to higher levels than expected in 40-man raids. They're just going to do an across the board nerf and kill warlock DPS. Joy. :angry:

There's a Blizz board room somewhere with the following discussion going on:
"Wait ... you mean people still let Warlocks raid?"
"Yes, they're specializing in shadowbolt and the interaction between priest spells and multiple warlocks are creating surprising synergy."
"But ... didn't we make virtually every Warlock spell come with a debuff and then cap debuffs in raids so they aren't effective?"
"Yes, but we didn't put a debuff on shadowbolt."
"But didn't we make it one of the least mana effective direct damage spells in the game and give it a top level damage that was 80% of the equivalent Mage spells?"
"Yes but the players found ways to combine abilities."
"Well, screw that. Pick the ability most critical to using shadowbolt and nerf it until they learn to stop putting Warlocks in raids."
"But that will make direct damage Warlocks much harder to play everywhere, not just in raids."
"All the better..."