I had an interesting discussion with a Shadow Priest in the game. To summarize, he said that Warlocks are masters of over-time damaging and I related that I agreed on that. However, I was telling him that my goal come end game would be to stay with Destruction. He told me that Warlocks have a somewhat "set" role, which is not to nuke or at least beat a Mage in nuking, as he told me to play the Mage class if spell DPSing is my objective. I simply told him that reading forums, I wanted to prove as did other Destruction Warlocks that have spoken, that we can beat Fire Mages in DPS given equal gear and the right playstyle.
It was at this point that he told me in the game that I was a "noob" and quit playing because I don't know my roll. I should be Affliction and Destruction Warlocks can never "outnuke" Mages and should stick to over-time damage that an Affliction build offers.
Any thoughts on this? If he is right, then suffice it to say that I am indeed a noob. I am new, currently at 37. I plan on raiding in the future as a 0/21/40 Destruction Warlock like Buzzkill. I enjoy the playstyle of Destruction Warlocks even if there is a bit more downtime compared to Affliction or Demonology Warlocks. Recently changed specialty to Destruction after Drain Hunting for a while. Have a 70 Hunter and 70 Rogue. I was tired of Drain Hunting's playstyle as it is somewhat similar to levelling a Hunter as a Beast Master.
Edited, Oct 7th 2007 12:39am by PygmalionUnbound