WotLK PvE Warlock Changes

We’re generally happy with locks for PvE too. I think the rotations are more interesting than they were in BC and it’s nice to see Affliction up there with Destro. Demo is probably still too low, but see below.
e are a few things we are looking at on the PvE side of locks:

1) Get shards into a place that is more interesting and less of a hassle. We have two models we’re considering. One is very cool, but a huge change to gameplay, which might mean it has to wait. The other is more of a quick fix that we’d do until we can implement the very cool model.

2) Simplify Affliction’s rotation a little bit. This might involve making dots last a more uniform duration (so you didn’t feel that external mods were mandatory) or just reducing the number of spells you’re expected to cast.

3) Locks are still built a lot around damage over time, but a lot of fights just aren’t lasting a long time. This might mean locks needs some more options for quick damage, or the problem might fix itself in Ulduar.

4) We’re a lot happier with demons in LK, but we still have some work to do. The Voidwalker, Succubus and maybe the short-term demons aren’t quite there yet. Improving demons should also help kick Demonology up a notch.

5) There are a couple of awkward places in the talent trees still.

Note that I am only talking PvE here. Some of these changes will help PvP too, but some of the lock problems in PvP will require different solutions too.

Source: Blizzard