russ,May 27 2005, 09:58 PM Wrote:I've found keeping my warlock stationary long enough to be an artillery unit tends to be a great way for rogues to go for the stereotypical target.Â
Of course, I play a survival hunter, so I may just be a masochist.
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Who ever said stationary artillery? You can weave in and out of range before people notice. Still, there are places its advantageous to be artillery, and many casters will find those perfect angles to rain blizzard or fire from them. These places are hard to penetrate because with a few casters in the area all able to AoE from a high vantagepoint with some LoS obstacle cover the battle is uphill to say the least.
Rogues, warriors, everyone goes out of their way to attack warlocks because we have no real escape mechanism. Even Mongojerry made the ludicrous statement of 'why would people attack warlocks' when there's a healer around etc etc etc. I didn't understand then, but I fully understand now. Attacks on priests and druids can be an exercise of futility because they can escape and mitigate any damage done through efficient heals (while the rest of the party pounds). Meanwhile, warlocks have no escape mechanism, and can cause a lot of chaos debuffing, ranged fearing, anti-stealth dotting, and more.
However, its the fact warlocks can't escape when attacked which is the main point. Warlocks are a captive target, and thus easiest to eliminate.
Quote:I'll take a serious look at your plan and maybe try it out at level 60 (via a respec) to see what gives me better resultsÂ
Nobbie, do you have a 60 lock? Seems like a silly question, but if you do, you've been fooled a bit by somewhat mediocre talents.
Shadow Mastery, while appearing decent, only buffs pre-equipment base talent. You can achieve better damage from equipment boons. It really doesn't add a whole lot of damage. It does stack with improved drain life, but if you're going for mana efficiency you don't need both dark pact and improved DL and SM. Two ranks in improved life tap takes care of that. If you're going for damage, its damage increase is extremely marginal. All and all... 10 points placed used for very marginal gains.
Dark Pact's weakness I've discussed earlier. I loved the talent when I had it, but it really did take too long to use effectively.
If I ever get tired of soul link, I'd play a version of what I proposed here. I've played parts of it before, and wasted other points, but not all together like this.