I am curious what is the current and potentially future state of these two classes? I would really like to put my focus on range DPS class for a long term and need some advices how these classes look.
What I am looking for is more or less straightforward rotation and playstyle with not many things to care about like spell buff time or burst windows since I am pretty much low skilled player and I struggle a lot with getting the best output with my specs/classes, and that leads to very negative comments in dungeons and raids, which can be really demotivating.
I like that both classes have a pet, which makes them strong in solo content, warlock has better utility and hunter higher mobility. Would really like to hear some thoughts from people who are main or playing actively these classes. I know its mostly personal preference, but would you recommend them and why or why not?
Destruction warlock based on what you want without a doubt. Incedibly simple rotation, nothing to worry about it just build and spend.
Survivals got alot to think about and plan ahead, BM has a buff to maintain and damage plummets if you mess it up. Mm’s all about burst windows and timing. Demo needs thought on imp cycles and overlapping CDs. Afflics a dot class and requires a ton of management.
Destros 100% what you want, none of the other specs are close really. Build with incinerate and conflag, spend on chaos bolt or rain of fire. Only real brain power you need is for havoc, which you can talent out of and make passive.
You should try them both out and see which, if either, feels right to you.
In my experience thats the biggest factor on how easy or hard something is to play.
Some people think elemental shaman is easy.
I find it a chaotic mess.
With my warlock however, everything just feels logical and has a smooth flow to it.
Once you find a class you click with, everything just falls into place.
Somehow I find Demo more straightforward then Destro, not sure why but not getting 1 shar per spell like you get as Demo confusing me a bit. Also I see a lot of small boost dmg windows for chaos bolts and rain of fire (4-5 secs).
Those info are only from playing a little bit. So far I tried BM Hunter, Demo and Destro specs.
Not sure should I try Druid as well, it has DoTs to track and seems a bit faster.