Warlocks Getting Buffed

[Lissa]

You can run in with Blessing of Freedom on, Consecrate, then shield and run away - and you can't stop that because shield breaks sheep, fear, stuns, anything.

As for Warlocks, they have a lot of escape/defense options, the biggest problem I think is that they have to be ready for it, and they require lots and lots of shards to be most effective. Healthstone, Deathcoil, Sacrifice, even Soulstone can be used as "oops" spells and help to beat someone who got the jump on you. Affliction specced warlocks can use Amp Curse + CoE to snare someone and get away from them, and a lucky Nightfall proc can absolutely destroy whoever is attacking you. Demonology specced warlocks can activate Soul Link to last much longer, and recast Voidwalker or w/e pet they want in .5 sec. Destruction warlocks don't have as many escape options, although with Curse of Shadow they can get some pretty nasty Shadowburn crits, in addition to surviving longer through above means.

With all that said, I do think Warlocks need something - maybe a castable shield similar to druids Barkskin, or a talent that reduces chance to interrupt Shadow spells (including fear).

And if all fails, there is always engineering =) Goblin Rocket Helmet = guaranteed 30 seconds of mez. Discombobulator ray to slow them down. Bombs =)
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As I noted elsewhere, with CoEx, if the opponent has a way to snare you, it's useless.

Also, Alliance Warlocks with Soul Link are screwed fighting Horde Priests or Shamans as Soul Link can be dispelled/purged off (Horde Warlocks have to worry about Alliance Priests dispelling their's).

I think one of the biggest problems that is presented to the Warlocks as well is we have powers for PvP that are useful spread across all our pets for. The Imp has BP and FS, the VW has Sac, Succubus has Seduce, and Fel has SL, CM, and Paranoia for pesky rogues and cat druids. All of these powers are useful in PvP, but they're across so many pets that it's hard to be prepared.

While Shadowburn can be nice, why it requires a shard to use is beyond me, it's already worse than the mage equivalent spell (has twice the cooldown timer, 15s cooldown).

And as to taking Engineering, I rather have a choice on what trade skills I take, not be required to take a specific one to survive in PvP. All classes should be balance in PvP based on the class, not what trade skills you take.