WoW Cataclysm Warlock Changes
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Warlocks had it pretty tough in the earlier expansion, but it seems like great new additions are coming to the Warlock Class in WoW Cataclysm. First of all, the most annoying thing about the class is being turned into a significant buff. Yes I’m talking about shards, and the micro-management that all warlocks had to endure for the past several years.
Here is a list of features and new changes to the Warlock Class in World of Warcraft Cataclysm:
Well that must certainly be some great news for Warlocks everywhere and that’s just scratching the surface. I would be surprised if Warlocks didn’t receive some new Warlock pet in WoW Cataclysm. Anyways, that’s it for now on the Warlock class, stay tuned for more Warlock news in WoW Cataclysm as Blizzard announces more in the coming days.
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First man
So if u guys are both 1st… that makes me 2nd!!
Cant wait for new content! =D
Keep up the good work of this website!
Cheers, a wow warlock =)
ALl i have got to say about this is, how hard is it to keep a few shards really? Just strange now i have to get a whole new way of playing my lock.
i want to no wats gonna happen wiv spirit for us as we recieve sp from fel armor and life tap equvilent to a % of our spirit how r they gonna change it if only healers use spirit now???
warhume.. i take it that your not 80.. because shards are a pain in the ass.
Before EVERY instance and raid you must hearth to org and drain soul for 5 min prior to create enough shards… At 80 you use shards much more than questing.
… I cant wait for some burst damage! Instant soul fire… holy dogg shit!!!
Yeah Its annoying having to spend a tedious 10 minutes before a raid gathering 32 shards with your Imp tanknig the first mob cause you ran out and can not use your Voidwalker, plus now soul drain will be more like drain mana, NO SOUL BAGS! I want a new Loot bag XD
Just awsumn warlocks are ganna be so much more fun instant soul fire i can c that not going down to well in pvp but hope we get it
I’m so psyched we don’t have to have soul shards anymore because they suck total ass!!!!!
New pet! Its about damn time! : <
boooooo that suck instant fear what the point u already have noobs using it way to much there is no point now and soul fire being instant all races will die so quick and it takes the fun out of the game think about it
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DD smily…. thats studpid to say dont you think?
All (well most) classes will get alot new stuff etc etc, it will balance out again im sure
And btw, one instant fear every 30 sec??? That isnt that good at all… rogues do Instant CC’s all the time! (every1 who’s saying warlocks n fear suck is lame anyway) example: so do Frost mages suck big time for a Fury Warrior… and antother thing: fear has a DR, rogues can stun you “all” the time without any DR =O (and im not complaining about that at all… its just the way a rogue works… and warlocks fear)
Instant Soul Fire? Boohooo… mages have instant Pyroblasts when specced right aswell
Warlock is gonna be awesome (even more!) when Cataclysm comes… so will other classes and races be and it will all level out again… dont whine & learn to love it =D
Cheers!
I got an idea warlocks get batwings and can fly while casting spells at any time even in battlegrounds without it breaking lol
Its funny how the comments went straight to crying… Thanks for sharing some details of the upcoming expansion. I still cant wait for 3.3, that will be enough to make me happy.
on the fence about this whole new warlock shardy thingy. Guess i’ll have to wait to cat to see if it’s wonderful or a pain. As is, shards are arite. no longer have to go farm em, just hit a training dummy and be done. But all-knowing faith in the Game Guru’s @ blizz. they’ll fix us up.
WoW Omg this is Great Instant Fear Ima Wreck Fools in PvP I Cant wait no shards i live Longer Death Coil…omg …..oops I just Came in my pants …Damn …Gotta Cut this Short gotta go change my Clothes!
Korpce(Runetotem)
You Want Some …Come Get Some…You Dont Like Me…
BITE ME!
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Omg 3 searing pain crit a row thats fucking crazy blizz will change it 100% sure. i’m doing 10k searing pain crits atm !!!! in cata 3x 20k searing pain crit a row with 0,5sec cast wohooooo
Locks having burst damage is sexy…If they keep demo the way it is targets at less than 35% health are in trouble
Shadowbolt
Soulburn
Soulfire (not taking that second soul shard) = ouch to your face.
Goblin warlock here I come.
This is exactly why Warlocks have been inferior to Frost mages. Instant ‘ice trap’ (w/e it’s called), instant Arcane missles, that instant bubble thing. Warlocks have only like 3 instant spells (death coil’s cd lasts FOREVER) and affliction spells become useless as we level, not to mention NO trapping/stunning/dazing spells (dazing happens when you do a certain spell combo at the right time, and i dont even remember what they are) and even chaos bolt, the big spell of destro locks, has a cd. Finally we will be a real force to be reckoned with with more instant spells >:D
WOOOOOTZOR WTF FTW WTG OMFG LOL IMBA EPIC ROFL LMAO ROFLMAO OMG WTFZOR!
DD
BOOMZOR U GOT PWND BY MY BURST NAB OMFG ROFL!
So imbaaa
Insta fear, insta soulfire, especially insta soul fire will be awesume
I hope new pet will be a cool on B-]
Maybe a… a…. a…..
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BIG RED BALLON!
Abilityes:
Ballon boom: BIG RED BALLON sacrifices itself, giving the warlock a shield that absorbs 923850934850932482+50298545 damege and holds in 4093 days, and kills evryone in the BG.
Sonic ballon: BIG RED BALLON goes ohmage, and drain all mana from evryone, and then hits evryone for the same amount as the mana drained.
Spell caster ownzor: Makes the warlock immune to all stuns, fears seduction’s, AND ALL OTHER CRAP!and makes the warlock fly, in addition all the locks spell gets removed the GCD, and evrything becomes instant for 8seconds… AND IT GOT 7 SECONDS CD ROFL!
While I love my Lock (it’s my main), I am looking forward to a change being made to this class. I can’t remember if there was a time when this class was significantly changed as I’ve only been playing since BC. Thoughts such as the following come to mind.
- How will my rotation change.
- What sort of new defensive techniques will become available.
- Will I beat that darn Mage in dps…
sick now i will have more bag space so i dont always have to sell stuff that i sorta need… and the demons not costing any things (besides mana)we will be better than mages
holy crap, instant fear…im scared T.T
Shit, as if they wherent overpowered already! More burst than mages, less squishy than mages, more croud cnotrol than mages, stronger dots than mages.. pets… INSTANT FEAR. Mages better get buffed hard, its anoying being second rate.
Nice…Another spell in your rotation that you must use… You should be a piano player to be able to maximize your dps. Compared with an arcane mage or the BC lock’s shadow bolt spam, adding a new spell in our rotation will not make us happy..
Really? Its not hard to get shards in an instance or raid… There’s plenty of trash mobs at the start, as well as heroics or dailies or quests you’ll have to do on a daily basis.. I think they’re completely changing locks to a whole new gameplay and class.
instant fear — the lock just looks at you and your epic leg slot is full of some purple epic shit
Instant fear is no big, it breaks to easy now anyway… instant soul fire, now that’s op.
Locks arent having so good changes but the change of the death coil is the best and the empowered soul fire is good i will play with lock FOR~EVER
instant fear (break)
instant howl of terror [affliction talent] (break)
death coil….
RUN BITCH!!!
give me some new pets. maybe a swarm of imps… some improved armor… can’t wait to see it! let’s start killing!
I’m dead, and i’m pissed!
new Death coil, Fear, Immo, charge>, Immo Aura, ….hmmm. insta decimation, insta fear during blood lust….hmmm
omfg instant fear… >.> instant souldfire[ii hit a 13K crit] more instant casts, we are gonna pwn in PVP mages gtfo its warlocks turn to take over
-zinikk- illidan
another this i have to say is… get a new IMP and slap some gear on my void walker like the ones from BC mobs, that would be so sick to have following you around!
and imp mabye a little bigger and red or somtting i dont know aslong as one of those change im fine. Go Blizzard!
Love what I’m seeing so far. Can’t wait to see what else that have in store for use locks
I have a few comments though:
1)I like the idea of soul shards being like the runes death knights have. It’s a major change of perspective for us. And that’s a good thing!
2)I’m wondering if they’re going to make healthstones, and soulstones, and all those still cost shards. What about Ritual of Summoning? Ritual of Soul? A lot of questions come to mind. I’m really psyched to see more! :O
3)Quote: “Don’t worry if you are thinking of long raid fights, it will be possible to get more through Drain Soul.”
So are we going to have to interupt our dps rotation just to regain soulshards if they’re absolutly neccesary? I mean that wouldn’t be a problem for affliction warlocks if the boss is under 25% :p but what about destro or demo locks? it seems like they should chage the format of the spell or something to better suit all specs for this.
4)also, does this mean that Drain Soul is the ‘only’ way to get shards in combat? they say “think of rouge energy but slower” rouges rogues energy regenerates in combat too. so will shards also do this? but like veeerrrrrry slow? it’s probably just me and my lysdexia, but those statements kind of confuse me.
5)I’ve also been reading all around the web and i see pretty much the #1 things most people want is a flying class mount/new pet/ or demon cusomization and naming. and i think i also am going to have to jump on this band wagon. all 3 of those ideas just sound truly(for lack of a better word)epic. plain and simple. I’m pretty sure that if Blizz gave us any number of those three it would be my personal favorite class change in the expansion bar none. But i’m pretty sure that any one of those would be a LOT to ask for, so i’m not gonna excite myself too much only to be disappointed.
one last thing: I’m going off of what Zinik said above^ about giveing our demons armor or something? thats seems like a very good idea. maybe as like a talent in demonology, you could improve your demons in some way and the talent also chages their apperance somehow like the armor on voidwalkers, or bigger and red imps as zinik was suggesting. love that idea.
Blizz, i just want to tell you that everything you’ve done to this game has only made it that much more fun. I am 100% satasfied with everything you do and don’t understand why a lot of people are always so critical of what you do :l
keep up the incredible work Blizz
MY SOUL JUST GOT RAPED, THEY ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING ;_;