More on Warlocks in the Expansion

[Lissa]

The problem with this ties into the game economy, among other things.

Warlocks and Hunters can handle elites pretty easily, as far as outdoor elites go. I've watched my friends grind elite giants in Winterspring, elite dragonkin in Winterspring, and do all kinds of things most other classes simply can't do efficiently, if at all.

My Warrior can handle yellow elites only by blowing every cooldown he has, using bandages, potions, and buff consumables, and sometimes explosives and other engineering tricks. This is fine, since it lets me solo an elite quest every now and then (assuming it's a kill quest or a loot quest and not a numbers quest; Gammerita, mon! is a good example), but I think it's ludicrous that any class should be able to go through elite mobs of the same or similar level like a scythe.

EDIT: We'll just convienently ignore the other problems, like the leveling process:)

Not just Warlocks and Hunters can deal with Elites solo, I've done it with my Shadow Priest, I heard of Paladins doing it as well, and Frost spec'd mages playing the kiting game. A well geared Warrior or Rogue can take on a number of Elites solo (I've seen Tal many a time in Un'goro going after the Stone Warders). Soloing elites is not the purview of Hunters and Warlocks alone.