locash wrote:
My siblings and I (and a friend) just decided to reroll alli characters on a new server. We have a hunter, a warrior, a shaman (me, god I feel so worthless) and a warlock.
I know that while leveling a destro lock is mana inefficient and therefore not desireable. But if he was life tapping and I was healing to be a mana battery, would destro produce better dmg than affliction?
I feel like the crits and burst damage would be more worthwhile to this particular group than the slower dots on each target. However, I figure people have previous experience with lvling as destro within a group.
So...thoughts?
Leveling destro, even with a mana battery and group isn't a good idea. You'll need that mana to heal the warrior (assuming they'll play a tank) and others, and you'll find yourself going oom if you keep healing his life taps (plus he could use drain life to get health back anyways).
Even if this works, it'll confuse you and your friend, because if you raid end-game, you'll be wasting mana out of habit every time a warlock lifetaps, and your friend will continuously life tap and expect heals.
Even though the dots wont seem to do much, on longer fights they will help a lot, the debuffs are great, and affliction will pull less aggro, saving everyone some mana and energy.
But if you can find a way to make it work, go ahead, this game is about having fun after all, so do what you like.