i have specced my poor little BE lock with nothing but destro.she's lvl 60 now and has been in OL for two lvls. the problem is she rezzes so often that OL is actually costing her gold instead of earning it (that buff food is expensive and she hasn't yet got the skill lvl on cooking to make the buff food she uses the + spell damage ones). this is a major problem, because she is trying to save up for her epic mount quest and only hovers around 200 gold at any given time.
my boyfriend (who introduced me to WoW) plays a lock also, specced for afflict. he has often encouraged me to Life Tap in bad circumstances (when she is getting slammed by multiple adds). needless to say, this tactic does not work well with her. she gets enough manna for one spell, but is generally smacked down and rezzing before she can get the shot off, because life tap has furthur reduced her hit points to virtually nothing. i have also been recieving quite a bit of slack from guildies (who haven't even grouped with me!) that they want me to respec to demo/afflic. personally, i believe that if they prefer a demo/afflic, they should create their own. i want to remain as purely destro as i possibly can, but now believe that i might need to use talents from the other trees in order to better utilise my Lock's present abilities.
boyfriend kept reassuring me that as she rose in lvl, the Life Tap would work better and she wouldn't die every time she used it as she does at presently. now i find this is not the case. the reason he doesn't damage his own lock when Life Tapping is he has the talent which makes it an effective tool (Improved Life Tap). i am posting a list of my Lock's talent in the hopes that someone could offer suggestions in reducing the number of times she rezzes. i already have decided that i need to spend the next 7 talent points i receive on Improved Corruption and Improved Life Tap.
Here's what she has in her talent tree:
1. Improved Shadowbolt: 5/5
2. Cataclysm: 5/5
3. Bane: 5/5
4. Aftermath: 0/5
5. Improved Firebolt: 0/2
6. Improved Lash of Pain: 0/2
7. Devastation: 5/5
8. Shadowburn:1/1
9. Intensity: 2/2
10. Destructive Reach: 2/2
11. Improved Searing Pain: 0/3
12. Pyroclasm: 2/2
13. Improved Immolate: 5/5
14. Ruin: 1/1
15. Nether Protection: 0/3
16. Emberstorm: 5/5
17. Backlash: 3/3
18. Conflagrate: 1/1
19. Soul Leach: 3/3
20. Shadow and Flame: 5/5
21. Shadowfury: 1/1
any suggestions are appreciated!