Warlock Impressions

So here are my impressions on locks.

I've been running 2 groups. A dual boxing lock group and a lock in a mixed group.

First off, lets talk about a pure lock group. My locks are mid 30's at the moment, and I've leveled them pure Affliction. I think affliction is a very doable spec for multi-boxing locks. I'm using 2 separate macro's for my DPS macros. A cast sequence to dot up the target, and one to spam Drain Life. I've kept life tap on a separate key. Tried integrating it into my cast sequences but found that it needed a little bit more intelligent handling than the automation of a spam macro.

more after the break

After running them for a bit, I've think that destruction might be the way to go. I've yet to find a GOOD way to deal with nightfall procs. I've got some ideas on handling it but without a mod that I don't think exists that will broadcast nightfall procs to my main, I haven't figured out a way.

I think in a mixed group though, shadow bolt spam is the way to go. Improved Shadow Bolt adds dps to the rest of the party. It seems, at least from a theorycrafter's standpoint that it is more macro friendly, and all around simpler to handle. Not to mention that in the current state of the game, Destro scales and affliction doesn't.

In terms of pets, I used a imp/voidwalker combinatino for a while, but eventually switched to pure voidwalkers in my pure warlock group. In my mixed group, I've stuck with my imp, though I can see some situations where having a voidwalker out as an offtank could be beneficial. However, I've found that with my Paladin AOE tanking, higher DPS with the imp has been a better option.

I'm hesitant to list my macros because they are seriously nothing special and I'm a bit tired. If you are really curious, look at my priest macros and replace the spells with warlock spells :P