OK, I'll bite, BUT...it'll be here on Kalganism. Anyhoo, here are some ideas that will never make it into Cataclysm:

1. PERISH SONG--instant cast. Both the Warlock and the target will die in 10 seconds. Killing either party to the Perish Song will cancel the effect. This spell is usable while stunned. 10 minute cooldown. Yes it's stolen from Pokemon, but it fits the Warlock style of "You kill me and you'll die too." Certain mobs (bosses) will be immune to the effect, naturally.

2. DEMONIC MASTERY--Instant cast. Summons all demons the Warlock can use for 10 seconds. 10 minute cooldown. Yes it's Army of IWIN hence the long cooldown and I stole it from the boards.

3. DEMONIC SWAP--Instant cast. Swap places and debuffs with your current demon. This spell is usable while stunned. 20 second cooldown.

4. FEL LINK--Instant cast. Links the Warlock's soul with the target's, transferring 20% of all damage taken to the target for 20 seconds. This spell is usable while stunned. 5 minute cooldown. Again, it fits the old Warlock style.

5. GREEN FIRE--Instant cast (sense what Warlocks are lacking???). Sends a bolt of green fire around the Warlock, doing X amount of damage and banishing the target for 5 seconds. This spell is usable while stunned (gee, another pattern!!!). 45 second cooldown.

I do agree with giving Demonic Circle more things to do also, like detonate and move more than just the Warlock. If the enemy can see it anyway, why not use that item to our advantage rather than just say, "I'm going right here, stay here to kill me!!!"

Oh yes, new whining about the N/G/D that every cross server PUG is automatically placed in. Well, let me tell you how to survive this, especially as a healing class in leather, mail, or plate.

ROLL FOR THE ITEM and scream/whine/warn/etc the group that you want the item. Most groups don't care. If someone rolled disenchant, LEAVE THE GROUP. Good luck trying to find another healer...

This Blood Elf was caught resting in front of a nice Christmassy fire. Unfortunately, the Scarlet Crusaders near her weren't in the festive mood.

All right, just stop the crying and admit it--you picked Undead just because of this crutch. Yes I know the other Forsaken racials "suck" compared to this (explanation later). Yes I know you're still crying, but just STOP. Just for giggles, let's look at the other racials:

Underwater Breathing--yes that one sucks, but so does every profession bonus, because of the chance that you just won't take it.

Cannibalize--a free bandage every 2 minutes. If you're trying to cannibalize in the middle of a fight (in the miracle that you've gotten out of combat in the first place), chances are you'll get stopped. Don't cry about it, because other racials suck more.

Shadow Resistance--reduces the chance to get hit with Shadow spells by 2%. Fear is a Shadow spell, so you start out with a 2% chance that Fear just won't hit. When Fear didn't hit you, thank this racial and then ponder why every race doesn't get this.

As for WotF itself, it was overpowered. Yes it was. Admit it. Just finally say it. Even after the multiple nerfs it got, it was still that gamebreaking. It's worse than any other racial including Every Man for Himself, simply because it was in a class all by itself. For nothing you got two fear/seduce breaks or a fear break and then a stun break. Or a Fear and a rooting. Or a Fear and a...you get the idea.

You got this for NOTHING and yet you can't understand the idea that such a thing is absolutely game-breaking? You didn't understand the concept of stacking WotF with a Wintergrasp trinket to absolutely shut down two classes (Priest and Hunter) and decimating another (Warlock)? Did you not see the best Arena teams are Undead and how Undead teams will win over non-Undead teams?

Now honestly, instead of crying suggest a fix such as 15% reduction in fear, sleep, and charm effects. The crying just needs to stop.

Lots of changes to the Nagging Questions site and they are just too many to mention. Some classes still need to be filled in though, so please take a shot at it!

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This is just too good NOT to archive:


Okay, the message will be simple. This isn't about damage dealing, but rather about how you do discussion on this forum.

PROPER WAY TO ARGUE AGAINST A NERF:

1. Explain the negative impacts on your class, most importantly those that are not wanted by the devs.
2. Provide data about your class' poor performance after the nerf.
3. Suggest other nerfs that would accomplish the same goal without being so crippling.

WRONG WAY TO ARGUE AGAINST A NERF:

1. Pretend that you'll be broken.
2. Say that someone else has another ability and they need to be nerfed too.
3. Act like you know everything about the game because you can hit 2000 rating with your cookie cutter group duel team.
4. Insult the devs.

There you have it, a general guideline. Number 2 is the one we see on the forums right now:

"Well, if WotF is nerfed, then so should EmfH!"

No. What will you accomplish? You think they'll say "Yeah, let's not nerf WotF anymore"? Nerf herders should be kicked off this forum.

That is all.

You can't spell analysis without ANAL, so let's dive into it a little bit (more to come).

Players are already crying about the Worgen being Alliance and Goblins being Horde and I just don't care about it. Look, Goblins man the zeppelins outside of all the Horde cities and it's a logical extension based on this the playable Goblins (of a different sect than the Booty Bay guys) would be on the side of the Horde. This is the same thing with Worgen. Their human side is friendly to Alliance and hostile to Horde. It's a logical extension.

The new race/class combos do make me feel uneasy. I'm still trying to figure out Undead Hunters. I can make a case for Tauren Priests and Paladins (turning to the Light in the face of certain doom). This now brings us to the real crying point--Blood Elf Warriors (and yes there will be crying--watch the boards).

Now BE Rogues didn't make any sense to begin with. It would have made more sense to have them as Druids or Shamans over Rogues, since we could have always said they are twisting nature magic to suit their absolute need for magics. Now enter the Warrior Belf, which is even weirder than the Rogue, but hey--I'm betting there will be a lot of them out there because of Arcane Torrent's "instant rage." Still, though, I miss the absolute synergy between Mana Tap and Arcane Torrent.

Now onto Will of the Forsaken finally getting ultra-nerfed after years and years of it being game-breaking. With the next patch, it will share a 45 second cooldown with the PvP trinkets. Now every Undead player and their brother are crying about it. This alone should tell you how game-breaking it is--RMP teams are either Undead or auto-loss against the same team. Since every race should be at about 10% representation, such a thing was indeed game-breaking, hence the nerf.

So now the crybabies are working on Every Man for Himself, which only takes the place of the trinket and doesn't function as a second escape. Note the second half of that sentence--it doesn't function as a second escape. It works exactly like the PvP trinket, not as a second trinket. This is why EMfH is untouched while WotF is getting a justified nerfing.

This was spotted around the Scarlet Monastery. Christians are already up in arms over the strange flaming goat cults that have erupted in Warcraft:

Watch this space for the official Kalganism Cataclysm pre-analysis. It's so large it will take multiple days of thought and writing to do it.