Vendui wrote on May 31
st, 2015 at 5:24pm:
would just like to point out.. if enervating shadows remains as is.. 20 warlock ftw on non-rednameds.. was doing between 3 and 10 neg levels a second due to the chaining effect.. (currently 100% chance for neg levels, not 10%)
It's bad. Even with enervating shadows as is, I'm not convinced that there is an endgame warlock build worth playing.
OK, it can clear some trash, but not undead/construct/deathwarded. It's not really competing with a shuriken chucker even with Enervating Shadows in play.
It can't burst DPS competitively with a monkcher.
It can't melee competitively with Barb/bard/pally/wolf.
It can't out-proc a Shiradi Sorc (or even Wiz). Even with Evocation Familiarity, I was only getting 6 shots per 5 seconds.
It's pathetic really. A class without a purpose/focus/niche to fill. The only hope IMO is if they overhaul the core blast mechanic to either make it always hit, or to make it move faster, (or both). Blasting on the run
you can outrun your own blasts.Edited: Correction: Normally I was getting 6 bolts per ~5 seconds, with Evocation Familiarity I was getting 6 bolts per ~4 seconds.