I have been playing affi in Burning Crusade and enjoyed it tremendously. After all these years I’ve decided to give it another shot. Destruction is ok but meh (would have played a mage if I wanted type of gameplay). Demonology is interesting but underperforming numerically afaik. Therefor affi being on top I thought I would play it (also given BC sentiment).
Problem is, I personally find constant watching for dots refresh as your main rotation outside burst phase (multi target, single target is fine) as annoying and unfun. Somehow I did not have the same problem with my shadow priest.
Guys, I would appreciate if you could tell me some good things about affliction spec that you are personally enjoying with the current rotation / gameplay. Not from utility perspective, but rather - what is the thing that genuinely brings you joy rather than annoyance.
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I think you have to decide that for yourself, everyone has different opinion on what’s fun or not
Sure, I am just asking for those personal opinions.
I think Demo is pretty fun. I just love that you can control different fel creatures and command them :3
The only good thing to say about Affliction is that 9.0 gets closer every day.
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I KNOW about this problem but I mean lore-wise this spec is all about demons and things like that
Yeah unfortunately Blizzard fsiled with this army of demon class philosophy. We need back MoP/WoD demo, now that was true power. Summoning an army of imps was actually badass back then because it was somewhat hard to pull off.
Lets face it, every lock spec in bfa is practically the same. Affli has Darkglare, Demo has Tyrant, Destro has infernal. We shsre the same resource with eachother snd out setups are the same, Affli stacks UA, Demo summons a bunch of imps, Destro spams incinerate. Give me a break blizz you’ve failed once again
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Affliction is bad in pvp . For pve anything can work play which you enjoy. I myself like affliction but i hate darkglare its not fitting with affliction’s logic. Affli just need buff dot dmg . Or a strong channeling spell imo, not a bursty demon like dark glare its demonology’s job
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The spec is trash, and I could care less about statistics and damage meters. The entire system needs to be changed. Stacking UA is an idiotic gameplay.
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I’m leveling as affli rn and I must say I really like the design (I mean visually, it does feel like you’re playing warlock) but I agree with you about stacking UA mechanic, because it seems… really weird :\
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Are you sure, blizzard can screw up warlocks even more with ease
Are you using any sort of weak aura to track the Dots? It’s honestly the same as any other class, you’re either tracking how long until you can cast something again or how long until you should. A good WA has all that stuff on your screen and flashes when it gets close to casting again. I started playing Affliction again this weekend and the damage is pretty good considering my bad gear and not having a second essence yet, still bursts up to 30k with procs lining up, but flat damage is at least 12-15k on a 400ilvl and me being a complete noob with the spec. I know that will increase as I learn more how to play it though, but so far I have found the survivability pretty good. Plus we get free cookies 
Prepare for 8.3, where we will save Pandaria and Uldum from N’Zoth’s terrors. Oh, and did I mention the comical Affliction nerf?. Yeah, Deathbolt is being nerfed by 10% because apparently Blizzard feels it’s weird that Affliction is doing single target pressure and should be more about DoT damage. Now go back to doing zero AoE pressure and trash Single Target too.
The funniest part of these comical patch notes is the Frost Mage buff. No wonder an ancient version of this game(classic) is dominating the modern model.
From the notes:
“Deathbolt now deals 20% of the total remaining damage of the Warlock’s damage over time effects on the target (was 30%). [… ] Additionally, it has been the dominant choice for Affliction’s level 15 talent row for much of the expansion. We’re reducing its effectiveness to bring it more in line with the other two options in that row.”
So…
This talent row has been messed up from the beginning. People have been complaining from the beginning, especially about drain soul being utterly useless. This issue had been KNOWN for so long.
FINALLY.
That said, if they’re not gonna buff Affliction AoE in return then I’m sorry for those few people who had been sticking with this spec despite its desastrous state, and getting punished for that.
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It was badass because it was hard to pull off? Give me a break 
Turning into a demon and being surrounded with a bunch of demons was badass, Idiot.
Finally? Basically, they have made a useless talent row even more useless.
I prefer affliction because its the only spec where you dont just spam 2-3 buttons over and over, you got to keep count on dots & who you dot ect ^^