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so thank you to everyone who helped out. i did all my quests in the deathknell and am now completing quests in brill. thank god i got all that sorted. and here i was wondering why i was dying left and right. anyhoo, i now have another question. as a warlock i am relying mostly on spells for combat but everytime i use them the enemy keeps getting hits on me repeatidly. am i too close to them when i am casting? or is it just b/c of the few second delay it takes to cast it? also at what level can i start traveling to the other continents? thanks is advance. you guys are great.
There are severally ways to play a warlock. It rather depends on how you spend your talent points. But you won’t start getting talent points until level ten, so that’s something that’s still ahead of you. For now just understand that you will be gaining more skills as you gain levels. And this will give you more option.
In general, warlocks do a lot of their killing with DoTs (Damage over Time spells). I generally try to toss out one of my longer casting spells to start the fight. You may have time to cast, or mostly cast, a second spell before the mob is in your face. Then you can cast your instant cast spells, which getting hit won’t interrupt. At this point I will often use my wand, as being hit won’t disrupt its casting.
If you don’t have a wand yet, which I expect you don’t, try to find one as soon as possible. Check the auction house in Undercity. If you can’t find a low level wand for sale try asking in the trade channel if an enchanter is available to make you a low level wand. Try to keep a wand that is close to your level. Wands do damage without using manna so they can be a very useful tool.
As for being too close, if possible do try to cast your first spell at maximum range. It can buy you a few more seconds of casting time. Check your spell icon on your toolbar. There should be a red dot on it if you are out of range. As soon as you get within range that dot should vanish.
As you gain levels you will also get new pets. At level ten you can do a quest to get your void walker. This will be your tank pet. He doesn’t do much damage, but he can take a lot more hits than you little imp. You will still pull mobs off him when you start attacking, but he will buy you time to get your spells off before the mob comes for you. So things will get better.
Warlocks are the only class that can use spells to constantly increase their hit points and manna during a battle. It gives the class a lot of flexibility. And if you spend your talent points right, at level 40 you’ll be able to solo doing something called drain tanking. That’s when playing my warlock became very easy for me. In short, you have a lot of fun abilities to look forward to.
Edited, Oct 25th 2006 at 7:51am PDT by Calabar
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