Richard- First, this is a warlock column, so I'd expect and even be disappointed if there was no bias.

Second- 'Best Warrior in the World' simples means he understand the warrior class better. Perhaps he understand fighting a warlock better than a warlock would know, but to think that just because someone is skilled in a class means they know the nuisances of another class is ludicrous.

Being the "best warrior in the world" doesn't automatically mean you are the best player of every class in the world - DERR.

The simplified "join the bandwagon" approach to just yelling NERF LOCKS everytime you talk about WoW is getting as old as the Chuck Norris jokes.

He writes the article, and he can inject his own thoughts into it, if you don't like it - read elsewhere. Nobody forced you to read the article - life sucks, buy a helmet.

This is not "Blood Pact" This is BLOOD SPORT. This is a PvP article, not a Warlock one.

Its very hard for paid-bloggers to write posts/articles as if they are reporters.

@Lhock:

Perhaps you should read the tags before you reply next time.

@ onyx:

I guarantee you didn't even read the article linked. This warrior clearly knows his stuff. Thanks for the reply, though. Your reply reads right out of the forums... you sound like the blue post bootlickers who say the exact same stuff to people who say critical things about the devs in the forums.

"A player of his caliber should have moved past bumper sticker slogans like these, or at least backed up his statements with solid observations."

In all fairness, he does offer specifically what he finds wrong with the warlock class. I would consider his "solid observation" the experience that he has.

Also, according to your article "Blood Pact," he should be beating warlocks consistently 1v1, along with rogues.

While I definitely think Warlocks are popular to dislike, I don't personally get the impression he feels this way from peer pressure.

I'm not going to be as scathing as the other posters, but it certainly seems to me that you just don't want to hear that your class is powerful, because it might diminish your accomplishments with it.

On a more positive note:

"Matches would become predictable and dry as a result."
I think this is the issue more than anything with random proc's. If your abilities are entirely controllable, then there might be flat out dominant strategies instead of dynamic unpredictable matches. What are they going to do? Take critical strikes out of the game?

most people above 2200 would agree that this statement was BS locks are not the powerhouse they were. go QQ somewhere else

Richard, being good at fighting a warlock (and other classes) doesn't automatically mean you're good at PLAYING it.

I find it absolutely hilarious how PvPers make broad sweeping statements about class balance - OTHER classes than their own mind you - and decide what's OP and what's not based on NOTHING than their own limited PvP experience.

Looking at the statistics posted above, if anything it's the warriors that are 'OP as hell' and not the warlocks, considering warriors are the (by far) most common class of the sum of all teams. So how's that for hypocrisy, eh? ;)

How cute, you troll here too.

At least I have the balls to not HIDE my identity, hrm?

Roffle.

At least I have the balls to not HIDE my identity, hrm?

Roffle.

"But about Drain Life: 95% the warlocks that I (rarely) encounter on PuG's seem to only have this spell!!! They spam Drain Life like there's no tomorrow -.-'... t"

If they are affliction, it is of no surprise that you see them draining life all of the time. That is how that spec is played. Throw your DoTs up, life tap, drain life. So long as they can drain life, they have virtually infinite mana.

"then they wonder how I do more 10-15% damage without pulling anything"

As far as who does more damage goes. In a short fight you would have the advantage. Get into some long endurance fights, a good (key word: good) affliction lock will stomp a Texas mud hole in your rump and then kick the water out, when it comes to damage. Were talking DoT with nearly infinite mana VS. Burst Damage with a large but limited mana pool.

I play a mage and a warlock, one of the things I love about my lock is the fact that I don't have to stop and eat or drink. I mana tap and drain life. Drain life & Siphon life are key to an affliction lock.