gotmilk0112 wrote:So that line about "You should be able to kill someone, with a ten-thousand-damage shadowbolt crit" isn't just an exaggerated jab at how OP warlocks are in 1v1?
dayum
It's more an exaggerated jab at unrealistic expectations of the Warlock class's power. That line originated from before the negative resistance nerf in the early days of WoW when Warlocks could double-crit with by using Curse of Shadows to obtain a lucky negative resist double or triple damage multiplier on top of a crit Shadow Bolt. The odds of landing such a supercrit were absurdly rare but with Will of the Forsaken providing 20 seconds of Fear immunity, PvP trinkets breaking fear for almost everyone, Warriors murdering people with Arcanite Reapers in the 10 seconds their Berserker Rage made them fear immune, spell damage only just barely introduced, Warlock DoTs lasting twice as long but doing the same total damage, and Death Coil having no horror component yet for instant fearing, a Warlock's only way to kill someone was generally supercritting them.