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#8326473 Aug 22, 2013 at 02:29 AM · Edited over 1 year ago

Sheepcross
Council
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This thread will cover the following topics, regarding raiding as a Warlock in Dreamstate:
Carry Your Own Weight
The Warlock Team
Prohibited DoTs
Curse Assignments
Banishing
Summoning
Soulstones & Healthstones
Soulshards
Consumables

Carry Your Own Weight - prologue
The indisputable difference that sets Dreamstate apart from the remaining mediocre Horde guilds, is the fact that our members do not expect anyone to carry them, we expect you to drag your bleeding carcass over the finish line with the rest of us.
As my demonic minions, flying the purple colours of the raid roster, my expectations are as such, as the following paragraphs will account for and elaborate on - if you thought this was gonna be a casual picnic in the dragon's shade, think again. We're fucking demon slinging, curse hauling, soul sucking warlocks, and you better act like it!

The Warlock Team
To DS or not to DS... that is the question
The warlock team consists of four twisted, scrupulous purple bastards - who would enslave your (read Lis') mother, the second they get the chance.

Two are refined in the arts of Demonic Sacrifice and two are adept in the mysteric Shadow Mastery.

Demonic Sacrifice / Ruin
Demonic Sacrifice: DS / Ruin is the supreme dps raid spec. In a full fledged encounter, (e.g.) the amalgam of multiplicative debuffs will, in correlation with Demonic Sacrifice, cause a critical strike with a shadow spell to do a staggering 401,5 % damage (against Shadow Mastery's 384,1 %). In addition is of course the option of sacrificing your Imp, providing 15% more fire damage, for the heavy AoE blasting.
[*]Pyroclasm: In addition to the extra fire damage, Pyroclasm gives the (insane) 26% stun chance on Rain of Fire and Hellfire ticks - do I need to say more?
Improved Healthstone: 20% increased healing effect.
Demonic Embrace: 15% more Stamina.
Despite DS / Ruin's advantages and benifits it has its shortcomings, seing as it doesn't allow for an active pet to be present, leaving our precious tanks without Blood Pact.

Shadow Mastery / Ruin
Nightfall: While Shadow Mastery may in general be inferior to Demonic Sacrifice in damage when it comes to single or (several) multiple targets, it overtakes the apex spec when it comes to cleave-sized groups (3-6~).
Pet: SM / Ruin allows for an active pet, granting the tank group Blood Pact for survivability.
Suppression: Although Affliction spells arent the bread-and-butter casts, the extra hit percentage means fewest resist -> fewer lifetaps -> less healing required, and of course a minor 'increase' in damage.
Grim Reach: 20% longer range on Affliction spells.
SM / Ruin may not come out as the top purple bar on the damage meter by the end of the raid, but it provides a crucial buff to the tank group.
In addition it's a (very) suitable spec for PvP, unlike DS / Ruin.

Prohibited DoTs

The images above shows the inappropriate and taboo debuffs. Due to the (Blizzlike) 8 debuff limitation, it's imperative that none of these 8 slots are put to waste.
Naturally, exceptions to the rule exists (e.g. Chromaggus, 20-man Onyxia's, certain trash in BWL) - but unless a reasonable cause lies behind, the depicted debuffs are never to be seen on the focused dps target.

Curse Assignments

Do mages provide you with any spell affinity granting debuffs? Of course they don't - fucking leeches .
But they'll gladly take yours, and Lucifer be damned if you'll let your ego stand in your way of the greater good!

The Curses generates 0 threat (Although they will aggravate), and are therefore to be expected the second the Boss/Mob has been pulled - Naturally, a mob with a measly 15k~ HP doesn't deserve the honor of being cursed, as the GCD wasted would be more damage if invested in a Shadow Bolt.

All curses will be assigned a designated warlock at the beginning of every raid.

Banishing
Is it banishable? Are there other targets alive? Then what are you waiting for?!
Banishes are expected, and will generally not be given as marked assignments (with obvious exceptions).
This is your chance to show those bloody mages, just which class lies with the real power!
Fight (dirty) to be the one who gets the banish off first - never expect someone to do the job (carry) for you.

NB! Due to our (flabbergasting) Raid DPS, a Banish is generally not necessary for a very long time - Don't be the person who slows down the raid, and hotkey that Banish Rank 1.

Summoning
The gloomy side of the medallion... Apparently many views our devious and fearful class merely as the equivalence to the Wallmart Fat Scooter.
These fat fucks hasn't arrived yet to the instance, or need to go and repair, because their Class Leader doesn't give a flying fuck that they're performing sub par, wasting everybody else's valuable time.
But that ain't us! These meatheats may already be wasting dozens of their fellow raiders' time, but I'll be damned if a warlock will do the same!
So as is the case with Banishes; never expect someone else to drag these cockjuggling thundercunts through a black portal - If someone requests a summon, you get that Soul Shard out of your ass and utilize it to get the piece of scum to the correct location. The supreme class shall never be the suckling infant on the raidgroup's tit.

Soulstones & Healthstones
Soulstone and Healthstone benefactors will be assigned at the beginning of every raid. It is your responsibility to inform your assigned benefactor that you are their Healthstone whore, and they should treat you accordingly.

Soulshards
As previously mentioned; fat fucks are gonna super slack - and summons costs shards.
Bring plently of shards to every raid, not only for Summons, Health Stones and Pets - but we have an ace up our sleeve that leaves the drooling, impotent mages dumbfounded.

ShadowBURN
"Do I want an extra 1-2k damage every 15th second, with no GCD? Ermm.. Does the pope endorse pedophiles?"
An 80~ dps difference on a 5 minute boss fight is a whopping fuckton of difference - it costs shards though, lots of shards.
But we're fucking warlocks! This is not a matter of min-maxing, it's a matter of fuckstarting the damage meters and raping those pathetic mages!
So come prepared, come with shards, don't let a single chance to Drain Soul pass and channel those purple shards of power into pure evil, flesh warping damage.

Consumables
I'll wrap up my rant with a list of the consumables I will expect of you to have at your disposal, to wreck face and prove that purple is the supreme class:

Flask of Supreme Power
Greater Arcane Elixir
Arcane Elixir
Elixir of Shadow Power
Brilliant Wizard Oil
Elixir of Greater Intellect
Rumsey Rum Black Label
Well Fed 12 stam/10 int
Oil of Immolation (Shit stacks with spell power and Demonic Sacrifice - but doesn't have a CD(!))
Major Healing Potion
Major Mana Potion
Heavy Runecloth Bandage
Limited Invulnurability Potion

Epilogue
With my final words I will clarify on the obvious:
I expect you to know your class,
I expect you to know the encounters,
I expect you to do the damage your potential promises,
I expect you to look twice on your threat for every time you check your damage,
I expect you to show your fellow raiders the respect of showing up for the scheduled raids,
and I expect you to show the Guild and the server that a Dreamstate warlock is not a force to be taken fucking lightly.

TL;DR - reroll a Mage you lazy cunt

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#8377375 Sep 01, 2013 at 10:40 AM

Sheepcross
Council
294 Posts
P.S. there are no stupid questions, only mages. If you do not feel you have an absolute understanding of my meaning in something I have stated, come and ask me - if I am not conferred with, I will assume that I have made myself clear.

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#10844591 Mar 25, 2015 at 09:03 AM

Hexmex
276 Posts
as of the current content patch on Nostalrius, there is no space for corruption on the 8 debuff slots, so you are prohibited to use it in raids. We will have to check if the shadowburn debuff removes something more useful like isb, so it is allowed until further notice.

#teampurple
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#11512268 Sep 11, 2015 at 02:47 PM

Brain
Officer
437 Posts
Edited a few things in this post so that it now correctly reflects Warlocks on Nostalrius aswell.
Mandatory reading material for new recruits!
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