My first character in EQ2 (and this is my first MMORPG) was a warlock. I started him about 2 months after launch. I played him until shortly after DOF came out and was getting too frustrated. I switched to a SK and have been having a blast, but thought I would give the warlock another chance. I have been playing him for more than a week and been doing the quests and zones I did with my SK. I am now ready to give up. Last night, I was trying to kill a Ice Construct in Everfrost, he is 11 levels below me (grey ^^^). I could not kill them. He kept resisting my roots, interrupting me, and finally beat me down. I thought this was bad luck, so I tried again. After the third time, I finally quit. I know that there are mobs my SK will laugh at and easily take, that I have to go very carefully around with my warlock. I read all the time about people saying they can solo yellow ^^^, while I am not one of them. Too many resists, too many interrupts, too long a cast time. Not worth it.So, I put up my LFG tag, joined a group (after an hour of waiting, my SK gets a tell after 5 to 10 min). We were killing single ^^^ green mobs in Lavastorm, I barely got anything off when they were dead. If I started sooner, I pulled aggro. When we went to group mobs, same problem. I never could figure out the proper sequence with this group. I never liked the AOE thing and am now more than ever convinced that this class is broken severely. Taking on groups of 3 down arrow mobs all day or green ^ groups is not my idea of fun. With the social aggro in the game now, I can barely solo anymore. I have had 3 green solo mobs kill me several times because I can't get spells off. And there are no panic spells. At least with the SK, I have FD or evac if necessary.I wanted to play this class becase of the DPS and the disease/poison idea, but it is broken so badly and does not seem to be getting any attention. I am sad, but done. My warlock is retired and will remain only an alchemist.