Quote Originally Posted by Kylstrem View Post
I think you are making a different point than Asylumist.

Asylumist seems to be saying "ONLY Warlock can craft a set of gear they can use every life and that's what makes Warlock so easy to get past lives with" (but I've asked for clarification).

I'm saying that there are many builds that can burn through Racial lives/Heroic class lives in 1-3 days. and they call can be made with the single sets of crafted gear as they go through each life.


It sounds like you are saying: "Now that warlock is nerfed, people are going to have to pick a new class to do their hamster wheel and will need to craft new gear"... and then you extend it to include levels 21-30 to help your argument regarding rare ingredients. This is a different debate point than what I was discussing.

And Warlock is still going to be one of the better classes for doing racial past lives after the nerfs. The only thing affecting the REALLY good warlocks is the loss of 3d6 damage at the top levels. The big nerf is with the EASIEST BUTTON aura/burst/blast builds.

The EASY button "Cone/Necrolock" is still going to be as formidable as it is now (it is only losing the 3d6 at higher levels). It's not as easy as the Auralock... but it's still a big easy button.

Not going to discuss levels 20-30 because I wouldn't use a warlock for getting epic past lives... there are better builds for that.
I think he was talking about having to re-gear for a different build as I've seen that point come up other times following nerfs. It could be meant something else by the comment. And I don't think people will have to switch from warlock, but they feel it's necessary due to the power loss. My opinion is that warlock will still be the easiest casting class for reapers because of the free dps, but wizard in my opinion will be stronger in the hands of some players.

I include level 21-30 because for the people wanting rxp in addition to racial lifes it's a no-brainer to run epic content for rxp even if you already maxed out your epic past lifes.

There are many variations of warlock builds and all are easy to play. To the extent charming, necromancy, enchantment and illusion is added the builds benefit from past lifes/gear much more than a simple blasting/Tentacles build and that is true whether they use cone/wave or burst/blast. ES is the most popular because of the defenses and self healing, but SE/TS has always been popular as more of a glass cannon blasting build maxing crit chance and damage.

Casting other DC spells besides eld blast related shapes and slas isn't really all that hard to play, it just benefits alot more from investment compared to a straight up blasting build.