these were some of my ideas, (copied and altered slightly from one of my other posts on the forums about this subject)
i feel like mages outpace warlocks in every aspect (i only speak for destro locks)
- much faster soul shard regen and up to a minimum of 6 once you start to reach higher levels (maybe up to a max of 8?)
- fire and brimstone should be baseline
- other specs should have corruption (this one appears to be in the alpha)
- some kind of fire (and when you get your green spells, felfire) cleave spell that applies both corruption and incinerate to all these within on a reasonable cooldown
- cataclysm should be baseline and have a lower cooldown
- incinerate should be castable while moving like scorch is
- cast times are far too long and should be shortened
- ALL specs should have an interrupt, felhunter should have a silence
- warlocks should have some kind of heroism/bloodlust/time warp
- All warlock specs should have some kind of burst mobility (maybe something like heroic leap but its a teleport that doesn’t interrupt casting)
- rain of fire needs a massive buff, to both dmg and a reduction in soul shard cost
- soulstones should be something you create and it is stored in your bag and allows you to res yourself if its in your bag or res someone else if you use it while targeting a body
- a dmg buff would go a long way to making warlocks come close to mage dps
- more caster friendly raid mechanics
- a self healing spell, maybe similar to a rouges crimson vial
- warlocks need a more niche and powerful new “thing” to them
shamans have ghost wolf and reaincarnate
hunters have tamale pets (and no you cant compare warlock pets to hunter pets they arn’t the same)
mages have portals and refreshments
paladins have bubble
rouges have stealth
druids have shapeshifting
and warlocks have…
soulstones? (bad version of reincarnate that you need to reapply)
healthstones? (that only exist to take the place of an actual healing spell)
demon pets (fellhunter is mandatory if you want an interrupt)
tbh gul dan ruined drenor by opening too many portals and the destro lock ability in legion also was about opening portals so it makes sense to have a few portals at least. just something to add utility to locks who feel prettty neglected right now.
locks have one of the best class fantasies and aesthetics in the game and there’s so much potential but they need a lot of work before they reach that potential