"So I'm going to do a quick run-down of what's been going on in Blood Pact's absence and then we can start plunging into their dark and squishy innards going forward."

Dude, give him a chance, like he said right in the begining

"There's simply no way I can cover them all, and do justice to any of them, in one article. That said these things can't be left on the shelf to moulder."

Welcome Dominic :) Congrats on your first scathing BP comment!

I look forward to what you have in store in future columns.

Lighten up buddy. It's his first day on the job and he had weeks to make up for in one entry. And don't assume everyone already knows all of the news.

Just give the guy a chance and try to keep your spastic knee from jerking so quickly.

A recap of what has happened in the game during the column hiatus and some mage rage?

In the words of the great George Gershwin, “who could ask for anything more?”

DoubleA is not wrong. The post can be boiled down to: shards changing. Beyond that there's no 'lock information here, it's just a list of very general information that'd easily apply to all classes and has already been listed elsewhere on the site. To be fair, the other class writers did exactly the same thing.

Welcome to WoW.com Dominic and look forward to your posts!

He specifically said that he was just playing catch-up from what came out since the previous Blood Pact column, which has been quite a while.

If you're interested, this is his warlock character:
http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Eonar&n=Duffban

Looks like he has some pretty decent raiding cred, so give him a chance to write some in-depth articles before knocking him.

I find that he Is very qualified for any column, let alone a warlock one. With 6100 achievement points, I'm pretty sure he would know more about the game than most people. Welcome to wow.com Dominic!

Duffban--can't breathe--ohhhhhhhh nooooooo!