Author: mmosavor Source: www.mmosavor.com
I am a Destruction Warlock. I have been a Destruction Warlock for a very very long time. I thoroughly enjoy the mechanics of the Warlock class and the Destruction tree play style. When affliction was the obviously dominated spec in early Wrath, ISTLL only played Destruction and did without some raid invites because I do not particularly enjoy the affliction play style. Therefore, I am confused about why, when I want to maximize AoE DPS, I am forced to use the obviously better Seed of Corruption, what seems to be an obvious Affliction-esque AoE spell. This is not a small difference. Rain of Fire hits for 1500-1800 per enemy and crits for around 3500-3800. Second of Corruption, on the other hand, hits for 3000-3500 and crits for over 4500 most of the time and that is insane. Let us ignore for a second that it is more annoying to use and focus on why a class spec that is generally focused on incinerating everything in its path is planting shadowy explosive in its enemies. I would much rather use Rain of Fire. Is it possible to have Destro talents that enhance Rain of Fire? For balance sake, let us way we nerf seed of corruption to bring it more in line with the damage of ROF. It is possible now that I will be forced to use an annoying-to-cast spell that obviously does the most DPS or I can use the easier-to-cast spell that enhance the damage of SoC and RoF respectively.