Questions Concerning Wizard/Warlock Fix

[hoosierdaddy]

<DIV>First, will the changes in damage be appiled to Trait equivalents of our enhanced abilities? In other words, will the 150% damage increase be applied to Bellengere's Sapping Salvo for Warlocks as well as its equivalent, Dark Distortion?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Also, test update notes imply that the lvl 50 Warlock nuke Devastation has been changed from a single-target, direct damage spell to an AoE, while Wizards retain their Ice Comet nuke. Was this simply a typo or the intent of developers? And, if it was intended to be an AE, how can it possibly serve to increase warlock DPS when Devastation is supposed to be a 4500 single-target, dd spell, comparable to Ice Comet.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If these concerns have already been addressed, I'd appreciate someone directing me to the thread. Or, if any higher level sorcerors on test could confirm these changes I would rest easier knowing what is to come. Thanks in advance.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#6666ff>Kairos V'Rex</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#6666ff>33 Warlock/28 Provisioner</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#6666ff>Unrest</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>P.S. Don't mean to sound ungrateful. Thank you very much SOE for recognizing the shortcomings in Sorcerors and addressing the issue in a timely manner. Just wanting to be sure all changes are made correctly, and at the same time, rather than being spread out over several patches.</DIV> <P>Message Edited by hoosierdaddy on <SPAN class=date_text>02-10-2005</SPAN> <SPAN class=time_text>09:40 AM</SPAN></P><p>Message Edited by hoosierdaddy on <span class=date_text>02-10-2005</span> <span class=time_text>10:05 AM</span>

[tennj]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> hoosierdaddy wrote:<BR> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Also, test update notes imply that the lvl 50 Warlock nuke Devastation has been changed from a single-target, direct damage spell to an AoE, while Wizards retain their Ice Comet nuke. Was this simply a typo or the intent of developers? And, if it was intended to be an AE, how can it possibly serve to increase warlock DPS when Devastation is supposed to be a 4500 single-target, dd spell, comparable to Ice Comet.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <DIV>Very concerned about this as well.  Could anyone please verify?</DIV>

[itali]

<DIV>If I'm not mistaken the other nukey type spell you guys have at 50 is pretty much an exact copy of devastation at the moment ( unless it's been fixed and I haven't noticed ). So the changes to devastation shouldn't mean a whole lot?</DIV>

[Moraeulfthebla]

<DIV>the point is that <U>Warlocks want DD spells</U>. <U>we don't want AOEs</U>. AOE spells are almost worthless, especially at the higher end. I am in a guild that raids level 55 X4 mobs twice a day, and in such encounters, AOEs have absolutely zero purpose. AOEs are useless in the high end and not very useful even at the low end, so WHY give us TWO AOEs at Level 50 when they become entirely useless?! please change devastation into a DD spell like ice comet! Giving us two AOEs at level 50 is moronic. I never use my AOE spells because i am almost never in a situation that would warrant an AOE spell. Just give us one aoe and one DD at level 50, please.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Once again, AOEs are almost useless to anyone in a high end raiding guild, so please don't screw us by making both of our level 50 spells <U>worthless</U>. Not to mention I wasted my time and money getting the adept3 of Devastation, my DD spell, to now find out it will become an AOE. I would never adept3 an aoe spell. I could have given my ruby to a guild healer so he could upgrade a useful heal.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>PLEASE KEEP <STRONG>DEVASTATION</STRONG> A <U><STRONG>DD</STRONG></U> SPELL!</DIV>

[Vandessa]

<DIV>What I want to know is if warlock dots now stack with shaman ones.  I didn't see it mentioned in the notes.</DIV>

[Raxe Sla]

<DIV>I agree I hope it was some kind of typo, because we dont need 2 AOE spells at lvl 50, its stupid.  Obviously devastation was meant to be a huge DD spell...</DIV>

[Zaphenath]

<DIV>There is another post concerning Warlock lvl 50 DD and AOE spells:</DIV> <DIV><A href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=testfeed&message.id=3294&highlight=warlock#M3294" target=_blank>http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=testfeed&message.id=3294&highlight=warlock#M3294</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Just incase anybody wanted to read that one too.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>