You have interupts, cc and defensive CDs why does it need to be you basically cannot cast into any1 when hit?
Like does it matter if I can still cast if there are 2-3 melee bashing me? 2-3 melee which can interupt, cc etc?
Maybe if casters where actually able to cast we wouldn’t be in this instant cast meta…
What class are you playing ?
Playing lock
Well without succ ur toast vs melee , undead 100 % otherwise trinket off cd you can win. Warriors kill you but should die of dots. With death wish that is.
Rogues can 100-0 you in low sta gear.
If you go meta you can lifedrain while 2 melee hit you and laugh at them watching them die.
So meta if you are having issues vs melee.
Locks will Get way better next phase with Runes that can !
If you are horde its way easier , alliance locks mostly have to go meta for pvp couse of UD racials!
Well still better then What melee is having this phase!
Thought most caster classes got talents / Runes for less pushback ?
But just in general I find it just odd how they battled the fact you cannot cast because of spell pushback
I know there are ways around it because they added all these instant casts
But because I cannot cast a simple Immolate vs a single melee I gotta resort to meta rune with searing pain spam…
Why not just I dunno change the way spell pushback works?
I think everyone would be more happy with less instant casts
Just find it odd how they tried to remedy a self made problem
Its to have casters keep distance , let me say it like this. Me as almost full bis rogue cant do anything to you with meta and lifedrain 
So atleast there is that
You have pushback in melee because you are ranged, and ranged are not supposed to be at their full power in melee zone.
If they get that close you are playing it wrong.
WTF is wrong with u?
Warlock has no way atm to keep any1 away from him, the only cc you have is a 1,5 cast fear which u cant pull off when u have a melee on you, plus every1 has 50%+ slow so you cant get away either so take the stick out of ur butt and cut the bullsheeet.
And what? sucubus? super useless pet where every1 can just remove the seduce with will of forsaken trinket bubbles iceblocks and can die in 2 seconds when it gets out of invisibility.
The only thing warlock can do atm is Face-Tank ppl with Drain life while on meta or Soul link spaming searing pain or wand, you dont do dmg you just outlast classes without heal and you lose to every class that has healing abilities or some way to dispel.
Now for the OP , m8 atm you cant play pure destro because the meta is super bursty so you cant cast ur 2,2 or 2,5 sec cast spells, especialy vs melees cause the pushback in classic is very brutal ,plus warlock has no spell pushback protection on destro spells like other classes,
So the only way to play is Meta rune with destro talents and casting whenever u can an incinerate or immolate but mostly u drain life melees and searing pain.
And dont mind ppl like the person above me super toxic with 0 brain trying to act smart.
Bruh… What?
How the hell are you supposed to avoid it? 
Warlock spells take 2.5s to cast.
To deal any kind of meaningful damage. You need to cast immolate, incinerate. That’s already 5 seconds.
Do you have any idea how much distance you can cover in 5 seconds? I’ll tell you. About 35 yards.
That’s literally the max range of our spells bro.
You can once in a while fear the opponent. (If you aren’t alliance ofc)
But all in all you have no tools to kite with in SoD. And every melee in the game can oneshot you.
Druids can moonfire spam to make your 2.5s cast a 6s cast.
If you’re fighting priests and their zoo of pets you can’t do anything. Just /dance or /bendoverandspreadthemcheeks
If you’re fighting a mage he will pom pyro or arcane surge. Blink to outrange your cast or silence you.
If you’re fighting a hunter and their raid boss pet… well. Gg.
If you’re fighting a rogue… well you are dead in the opener so doesn’t matter.
Fighting a shaman? Literally oneshotts you.
Warrior… They’re beatable because warrior is the only class worse than warlocks.
Paladins? Hoj bubble nuke. What you gonna do?
Well I would argue they are not at full strength if they would be able to cast freely in melee range.
So imo even if you could free cast melee are still at an advantage currently as it stands you don’t even need those interrupts/cc because there won’t be any casting to begin with
What I think they should do is allow spell pushback to be max x% of the total cast time. So that it helps a bit with GCD on stopping the cast to buy you a little bit more time for interrupts.
Just auto attacking shouldn’t be enough to prevent casting it’s kinda dumb. When there are 1-3 abilities you have as melee dedicated for stopping casts……
In the end it just dumbs down the game, no fake casting the interrupts etc just everyone resorting to the instant cast spam…… the same meta that killed retail for me.
Backdraft will help with this issue in p3.
I don’t agree with you, pushback should exist. Being able to create opportunities to cast, and knowing when to cast, is what differentiates a good caster from a bad one. I agree its obnoxious atm as destro vs other ranged with instacasts, but it wont be as big of an issue at later levels.
And maybe it’s a lock thing?
Mage spam scorch for instant pyro
Priest mind spike is shorter cast
Incinerate
Immolate
Corruption
Chaosbolt
Shadowbolt
All long casts depending on spec
And the only time you use searing pain is because you use meta and it’s instamt
Its not only a lock thing but lock feels it the hardest, yes. But even if 100% spell pushback was added for lock, destro would still feel abyssmal to play in PvP atm. I still think it’ll feel a lot better next phase if backdraft gets added like its been teased.
Backdraft is poop
Add pushback immunity to Demonic Grace
Backdraft is garbage. 30% faster casting will still get pushback. Casters have the mana issue, because no mana means no dps. Hard casters like warlock, are in even worst position with the pushback. And don’t tell me that idiot statement that you need to be away from your target, because in pvp nobody will let you just stand and cast, melee will focus you 2 or 3 at the same time. SoD has fast-paced/instant cast game design, warlocks are still design for vanilla/classic. Devs are clueless, and so are many people playing it.
And also mana design is moronic, it is a penalty for casters for being ranged. Imagine if melee started a fight with the same mechanic and in 1m would not make any damage because of the lack of rage/energy. Not saying mana should be infinite, but some changes are needed. Too many times having tanks going monkas and crying about not getting healing or dps from group, because he just didn’t let casters drink after a fight.
Backdraft isnt even that good for pvp.
You still have to cast that immolate and then conflag. If you dont want to waste your conflag you still have to cast incinerate and curse of elements first.
Just to get 30% haste on your next… incinerate? Maybe a chaosbolt? But again if u are running chaosbolt in pvp you are a free kill as soon as anyone targets you. You better off running haunt if you arent gonna do meta. Even as destro.
This is a remnant of the old classic rpg design where casters were supposed to be these artillery machines that had long cast times and would one shot players.
Sadly the reality was different from their intented mechanic, at least 20years later with all the knowledge and additions the genre has received.
The only upside to this rule was that melee classes didn’t have the necessary tools to have 100% uptime on ranged classes which created these windows you could cast in if skilled, sadly with the additions of runes largely solving some of these issues for certain classes and the added pets for others has almost completely shut said windows which is why most of the classes decide to opt for the instant cast playstyle if available or some mechanics which forcefully stop pushback.
Backdraft is anything but bad. 30% haste will allow you to finish casts before you eat too many pushbacks. Backdraft applies to all spells and has no charges from the wording on it currently, which means it’ll apply on fear as well. Also, as destro you’re gonna be running succubus most of the time. You can incinerate and finish the immo right as the incinerate hits and breaks the seduce, into a conflag, into a fast fear or another seduce etc. It will feel better. Will it solve all the issues it has? Hell no. But it will be an improvement.
Only time will tell how things will progress, the issues lock is facing is less about the design but rather the overall pacing (even though lake of fire existing is a very bad omen for how potential warlock damage is calculated and balanced), which affects everything. If they make additional adjustments, as they should, then I’m not too worried.
What warlock currently needs is Shadowfury, that much is certain, but I can understand blizzard being reluctant adding it to them this early. But seeing as how deep freeze is going to exist, I don’t see why shadowfury won’t be added at 60. So I’m not too worried. I’m still enjoying the masochistic experience of playing my warlock
Oh yeah I totally agree with you.
But in all honesty. Destruction was always a very squishy and risky pvp build and I don’t expect that or even want that to change. Massive burst and no survivability. You basically only play destro if youre recording a PvP montage.
The real warlock pvp spec is and always was demonology/affli.
Most warlocks like to cast shadowbolts and deal shadow damage. We don’t want to be an off-brand fire mage. And it is frustrating that destruction which is and always has been a PvE spec is the ONLY viable spec in SoD.
What warlocks need is shadowfury and demonic portal. Not the gateway but just the circle you place down and you can teleport back to. (The tbc one?)
We have enough damage. Please for the love of god stop giving us these boring runes that just give us extra dmg. Its so boring. We deal more than enough damage. We need utility that can’t be hardcountered by will of the forsaken. Aka Charms and fears.