Warlocks nerfed; every other class throws a party
by Eliah Hecht 
Jan 8th 2007 at 5:38PM
Rumors have been flying all day, and now it's official: warlocks on the beta realms have been nerfed. From Nethaera:- I just wanted to take some time to drop in and reassure people that the change to the dots is intentional as a part of ongoing balancing that we have been doing. It is not a bug.
Just so that everyone knows a bit more the approximate damage reduction is 10% for "Curse of Agony" and "Corruption" for the average Warlock.
Well, everyone asked for it, and now they've got it. Warlocks got a whack with the nerf bat. Did they deserve it?
Filed under: Warlock, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Virusz Jan 9th 2007 2:01AM
Sigh...it is not that warlocks have to be balance, its the felguard that needs to be balanced, it hits more then a average Beastmastery pet, while Hunters are the king of animals.
Matt Park Jan 8th 2007 5:46PM
Yeah, yeah they did.
Hell, my highest alt is a warlock meant for pvp, and even with crappy gear, a demonology spec, and an imp out I was still tops in damage done by simply going DoT DoT *tab* DoT DoT *tab*.
Pruflas Jan 9th 2007 10:14AM
gods yes, warlocks have been to overpowered for a long time.
Unkle Jan 8th 2007 5:53PM
Yeah, it was deserved.
Being a class that can't heal myself, I hate having to kill one, and then immediately try to get out of combat so that I can eat just so I stay alive.
At least I'm a hunter, and can feign my way out of combat. I Feel sorry for warriors who get eaten.
Ahko Jan 8th 2007 8:54PM
R O F L
about freaking time, maybe this will FREAKING TEACH PEOPLE to stop whining
ROFL.....
instead of asking for nerfs they should have been asking for buffs on all the other classes, IDIOTS!! which is what most of the community is, Im sorry I'm just tired of people taking something good and then bitching/whining and then the developers change it and then people who don't know anything about a particular class whine some more about it all and then more nerfs happen all around.
Im done :)
Wartoad Jan 8th 2007 5:56PM
Lvl 60 Lock here, I knew it was too good. Saw this coming a mile away.
Dracco Jan 8th 2007 6:03PM
thank the titans!!!!! Its about time that Blizzard fixed warlocks.Now i won't have to go through the embarrassment of a cloth wearer cutting through my thousands of armor and tearing down my thousands of health before my warrior has a chance to touch them. Granted that playing a lock takes skill, but they still were easily made overly powerful by a skilled player.
Joshua Ochs Jan 8th 2007 6:21PM
Christ. Get some gear with fear immunity, ignore the pet, and kill the Warlock. Seriously. We have nothing but cloth armor, and the pet is only an asset if it can distract the enemy from killing us first.
Overpowered my ass. Warlocks have their ways of surviving (Fear, DoT), other clases have their own (healing, shields, armor, magic resistance, etc).
Whiners.
AcceptableRisk Jan 8th 2007 6:40PM
This is kind of undeserved in the 2.0 environment. Prepatch, warlocks were a bit overstrong. But now with all the extra burst damage and stuns going around, damage over time effects were already less effective. I never really subscribed to the notion that warlocks were gods of PvP, but since 2.0, they lost a lot of potency relative to other classes. This is just a slap in the face.
CiM Jan 8th 2007 6:49PM
This was totally uncalled for, really. And of all the things to nerf, the +damage coefficient on DoTs seems a bit silly. Destro warlocks with insane shadowbolt/burn crits are the only warlocks I ever felt needed toning down a bit - but then, there's little difference between a destro warlock deathcoiling you and nuking you down in 5 seconds than a 3-minute mage doing it from polymorph or frostnova.
Pritchard Jan 8th 2007 8:26PM
Maybe Blizz could have avoided this nerf for warlocks, or perhaps, at the very least, helped out warriors more, if they allowed bandaging with the dots.
Often times in PvP if you are dotted and you kill the warlock, you can't get out of comabt quick enough to eat before the DoTs overwhelm you. If you try and bandage, it eats that up too. If they allowed the bandage its full duration, it would help tons.
Oddly enough, if my voidwalker is stricken with a posion DoT, I can bandage him and the bandage goes to its full use, healing him while the walker takes X damage every X seconds.
Freehugz Jan 9th 2007 11:54AM
noooooo! nerf fear! not dots!
LOLED Jan 8th 2007 7:18PM
everyone(exept locks) will be a lot more happier now! yay cheers wohoo
now lets focus nerfbats on the real OP of the game HUNTER
cloud Jan 8th 2007 7:30PM
Thank god, its about time they got nerfed
"Get some gear with fear immunity"
What gear has fear immunity on it? Your tears are delicious, tough when your class isnt god mode anymore isnt it? Sorry you cant cast your dots and then wonder off knowing your opponent is dead.
gonzo Jan 8th 2007 7:38PM
Figured this was coming. Blizzard caters for the kids who can't pvp once again!
gonzo Jan 9th 2007 5:10PM
Can't say I didn't see this coming with all the whining going on. With the felguard nerf, and now this, that leaves one talent tree worthy of investing 41 points into, (mage wannabe ftw?). Blizzard caters to the kids who can't pvp once again!
ifly Jan 9th 2007 12:43AM
The nerf is still far away from enough, the biggest concern was fear....
What we need is a debuff like weakensoul, once u got feared u grant resistance from fear for limited time, i would say 50% resistance for 5 seconds.
GamerJunkie Jan 9th 2007 12:04AM
The nerf bat finally swinging and baseball isn't here yet.
Gotta love this nerf swing but not hard enough where fear and dots should be both gone. Terrible form of crowd control design. Whoever made the fear mechanism should be hanged and beaten because its like it was designed by a lowlife who gets bullied in school.
Well, hopefully the nerf cuts down on the Warlock population growth, they are outgrowing Mages right now and we can use more water vendors than summon bots.
Unkle Jan 8th 2007 7:56PM
compromise, and just nerf gnomes. 10% damage nerf to all gnome clsses.
Alarius Jan 8th 2007 9:48PM
Well fucking deserved.