Runes of Magic US / AU

I would like to make a suggestion for Warlock class improvement as a whole. Most of the variations of warlocks are equipped with generous amounts of % boosts to fire/dark damage. However most classes are not able to take full advantage of these as the power skills do not have base fire or dark damage. For Instance Wl/M 60 elite gives 53% more fire damage however the only skills this really affects is Flame from mage side :/ FHS reads Inflicts 100 + 1.00 x INT Fire Damage on target and from my tests it does not get a 53% boost because its not raw fire damage. Same with Soul Brand Sting and Severed Consciousness which COULD be more powerful.

Now I am happy with my role as it stands as a warlock but as the lvl caps raise our dps is decreasing because our best attacks are not getting the buffs and I can see a day where the instants like Heart Collection Strike and Warp Charge become more powerful than our power skills. I recommend a change to base fire/dark damage instead of an x int multiplier as a solution. I think that would be easier than adjusting the buffs themselves.

I play Wl/Champ for Siege and I agree with you there. However I have yet to see any proof Wl/Champ in pve can keep up with the top dps classes. In my burn tests. I can get insane dps off puzzlement and a few other dark damage skills before dps drops off a cliff mostly due to 10 sec set skill wearing off. I am disregarding the bugged skill for this.

But back on point - Wl/Champ is already played using base damage skills and not x int multipliers. There is a reason you don't really use PSI skills during a wl/champ burn. Severed Consciousness is too weak. Ruthless Judgement is the only option left and not worth it for the time it takes with all the instant casts.

Wl/Champ takes advantage of the dark damage buffs more than any other warlock class because they skills they are applying to are base dark damage for the most part. The change I am proposing would not affect Wl/Champ as they don't have many x int skills in a rotation to change.