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Although you seem content on creating an Alliance toon, let it be noted first and foremost that I wish I had created a Horde toon. I guess opinions vary however.

From my experience, there are less Horde players out there, but most seem to be adults. Most are more rude than Alliance, but adults. This can make your play-time better, or worse...depending on your preference.

I currently play a gnome lock, and can tell you that the talent "escape artist" makes gnome's worth picking. Unless you plan on doing some hardcore rep grinding, go with a gnome. The fact that they are sweet looking is just a bonus.

Go with a gnome!

Well, if you're planning ahead for Wrath, there are a couple things to look at.

If you're going PvE, humans are potentially better for the spirit bonus and the "feign death." And of course, Diplomacy.

Gnomes, on the other hand, get passive arcane resistance (I think it's being modified to reduced damage taken) and an intellect bonus (extra mana/crit).

If you're going PvP, it's becoming a bit more indecisive, but I think gnomes still win out.

Extra mana/crit + Escape Artist + Arcane damage reduction vs. extra spirit (slightly better life taps) + trinket + passive 1 level stealth detection (Perception is actually far better in its current form, but what can you do?).

Edited, Sep 27th 2008 3:17pm by wingsofscion

Scratch that, I do believe they're taking out the FD racial entirely.

In that case, leet firestone procs from free sword expertise.

If they're dropping the FD, doesn't matter to me; was basically a PvP trinket anyway.

The Feign Death bonus is only good... actually I can't think of a use, It doesnt drop threat merely a fade button, all it does is prevent mobs from attacking you while you are "feigning" death. Once you jump back up you start where you left off on the threat meter.

Besides who doesnt love being a gnome, you can hide in the bushes in AB/WSG, load up that soulfire-immolate-conflagrate-shadowburn sequence completly undetected, unless they watch the ball of flame flying towards their face.

btw, 200th post /cheer.

Edited, Oct 2nd 2008 3:43am by FreeTrial

I dunno, it seems beneficial in lieu of a shatter resist, which is entirely possible if you can't meet hit cap (btw, thank the gods they're changing it to a no-miss policy for hit cap on spells).

Not entirely true. Bad tanks still exist (and occasionally, pugs happen).

Currently, that may be true. However, game mechanics are changing, and Cataclysm and Suppression are going to remain crutches, and warlocks will still have to hit cap for raiding purposes, not to mention to ensure that their pets' attacks hit (since pets scale with hit/pen in wrath).

Also, if you're not threat capped as an aff lock in early raids, you fail at playing affliction.

True, Lathais. But if you're not riding your threat cap as affliction, you really do suck as affliction (at least, early on - I still ride my tanks' threat in mid-T5). But when you pull aggro as a lock, you Soulshatter first. :P If that resists, then gods help you.

As for grouping with bad tanks, you can't know they're bad tanks in a pug until you get to a boss (I've known some really good tanks that have trouble on trash pulls because of a lack of rage - too much defense and all that).

Any decent tank has this macro for Trash pulls.

/equip Tuxedo Pants