A request for a Warlock

[Drasca]

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That small (under 10k health I'd say) samples make up 98% of the game. 1-60, where 40 man raids are 60+, is a good bit of everyone's character lifespan. We don't really get to take advantage of CoS/Shadow vulnerability until the enemy health can survive with the debuffs for more than 5 seconds.

In 5 man, it takes 20-30 seconds tops to knock off 8k damage and off a typical elite mob. That's a max, and its a lot faster if everyone knows their target and its within attack range. Sometimes I'm lucky to even get one complete shadowbolt cast in, let alone two or more.

Yes, but at least you have that option.  Especially with MC bosses, where their AoE attacks are curses (whee, no dps from me)

Priests are on dispel duty for certain battles, and its a total snooze for rogues when their only option is backstab, bow, or just stay away completely. Maybe goblin jumper cables if they're an engineer, but you're doing defined important survivability role with curse removal duty. I've got what? Devour magic every 8 seconds, and curse refreshal. If I'm one of two locks, I know I'll be busy refreshing CoEl/CoS/Doom instead of direct dps. If I'm with the MT... oh boy. Survival only and Imp totem time.

Spending time just trying to stay alive takes lock dps down too.

Mages have no option, even one that can get them killed.

Class based: Evocate, Mage armor, Mana citrine
Other: Mana pots/alchemy, demonic runes, +mana regen equip, +spirit equip

Don't tell me for PvE item farming isn't a factor, it is. By MC level, you have all the extra consumables and equipment. There's a myriad of item/equip based mana restoration options. Demonic runes are essentially a life tap. Alchemy gives straight up mana. With enough +mana regen gear, you'll practically never need to drink with your fireballs/frostbolts.