There’s been some talk again in the forums about the new Warlock soul shard system that Blizzard said they were working on. The idea behind the new system is to change something that’s not really necessary and possibly even annoying and turn it into something that’s cool and therefore would be used more as a core class mechanic.
Right now it’s still very vague as to how exactly this would work. I was thinking that since the warlock is a pure DPS class, the new use of the soul shard would also be used to boost their damage. In the Warlock …read more

Once again it’s time to hear what Ghostcrawler and the rest of the development team have to say about the World of Warcraft classes moving forward. We’ve seen the Q&A feature for the Shaman, Mage and Death Knight in the past. Now it’s time for the Warlock Q&A.
In the mage Q&A, the devs mentioned that they’re planning to make mages and warlocks feel less similar and that since they’re happy with where mages stand right now from a design perspective, warlocks will be the class that would be drifting away. Ghostcrawler said that the soul shard system is the area …read more

I’ve recently been spending much of my non-raiding time in World of Warcraft leveling my warlock alt so I can get him to 80 as soon as possible. Some disappointment with my mage alt’s damage output has pushed me to level this warlock in hope that he’ll do better than my mage. Whether that’s going to happen or not has yet to be seen. In any case, I’ve had a lot of fun playing him again.
He was around level 64 when I decided to play him more seriously again and he just hit 70 this morning, which I’m quite happy …read more

Ever since the announcement that ammunition will no longer be consumed and that hunters will gaining their quiver/ammo pouch haste bonus through other means, freeing up a slot for another bag, warlocks have been wishing that they might get a similar treatment. They are indeed getting some help with their soul shards but it’s not in the form of removing the shards altogether or going to free up a bag slot either. Soul shard farming isn’t a thing of the past but it’s going to get a whole lot easier and faster.
Soul shards are getting easier to get and easier …read more

the PTR patch notes for patch 3.1 listed in MMO Champion features a lot of changes for locks in all their talent trees. There are some cool changes and a lot nerfs in other areas. But right now I want to talk about the demonology talent Demonic Sacrifice because when the patch rolls in, we won’t see it anymore.
According to the patch notes, Demonic Sacrifice will be removed from the game. Obviously the patch notes are incomplete since we still don’t know what’s replacing it, even if some new talents have been revealed. This is sort of the same fate …read more

MMO Champion tells of a patch 3.09 that could be coming out this week. Since I haven’t tried checking the PTR or even if it’s up at all and the PTR forum is currently out for me, I can’t really check if this is really true. There isn’t even a patch 3.09 PTR notes so that makes the situation a bit worse. In any case, there’s something out there and it’s going to change a few things, even glyphs. Some of the change entries I’ve seen before as legit changes for the future so that might lend some credence to …read more

We just talked about part 1 of the class changes coming in patch 3.1 and then suddenly part two is here! This time around, druids, warriors and warlocks are getting their changes announced.
WARLOCK
# Improved Shadow Bolt – this talent now provides a 5% spell critical strike buff (similar to Improved Scorch).
# Improved Soul Leech – this talent now provides Replenishment (similar to shadow priests)
# Drain Soul now has a chance to produce Soul Shards even if the target doesn’t die.
# Siphon Life no longer as an active ability but the talent grants the old Siphon Life effect to Corruption.
# …read more

In an effort to help warlocks in their soul shard usage, one of the changes coming in the next patch has something to do with their Ritual of Summoning spell. In the pre-TBC days warlocks had to stockpile loads of soul shards to summon every member of the 40 man raids twho were not present. While the move to a smaller 25 man raid was a lot of help, what really made it easier for warlocks is shift to using meeting stones to summon people. This way any two members of the group could summon the whole party.
The new change …read more

OMG New Drain Animations! Or is it actually old? I don’t really know…
This is something I just noticed earlier when I was playing my warlock. It’s possible I never noticed it until today because I haven’t really been playing my warlock much. For some of you, this might not really be very new since I’ve seen videos of this as early as September from the beta and I’ve also read that it might have been implemented when Patch 3.02 came out. As for me, I never noticed it until today and I’m very fascinated by it since it looks …read more

As a warlock, the idea idea of turning yourself into a demon and gaining demonic powers just like your trusty minions seems like a dream come true. Unfortunately, the whole ability was not at all worth getting since it was too underwhelming for a very bottom of the tree talent. The nice thing about seeing talents like that in their beta stage is the fact that they are in no way final. Blizzard poster Ghostcrawler released some great ideas about Metamorphosis the design team are thinking about that would definitely lift the ability up to a status worthy of a …read more