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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 6675941" data-attributes="member: 6677017">The impression my analysis gives me is that they are almost as good at at-will damage as the top tier at-will damagers, and they are almost as effective at being casters as are full casters. Plus, they get a lot of extra coolness from invocations and other features. That seems pretty powerful/cool to me. Almost as good at the best in two different categories, plus your own special abilities to boot.I think where they will seem weak is if one is trying to mimic either a top tier at-will damager, or a full caster. If they could compete on the same level with either (or both!) of them, they would be unbalanced due to everything else they also have going for them.Other thoughts. As far as flexibility, while a particular warlock isn't all that flexible (compared to a full caster at least), the character building options the class provides are extremely flexible. Pact of the Tome or Pact of the Chain both provide a lot of flexibility in different ways--take your pick. Then your choice of invocations can completely change the way your character operates. I'm not even bringing up spell selection or patron choice, since subclasses and spell choices aren't unique to warlock, but they have that too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 6675941, member: 6677017"] The impression my analysis gives me is that they are [I]almost[/I] as good at at-will damage as the top tier at-will damagers, and they are [I]almost[/I] as effective at being casters as are full casters. [I]Plus[/I], they get a lot of extra coolness from invocations and other features. That seems pretty powerful/cool to me. Almost as good at the best in two different categories, plus your own special abilities to boot. I think where they will seem weak is if one is trying to mimic either a top tier at-will damager, or a full caster. If they could compete on the same level with either (or both!) of them, they would be unbalanced due to everything else they also have going for them. Other thoughts. As far as flexibility, while a particular warlock isn't all that flexible (compared to a full caster at least), the character building options the class provides are [I]extremely[/I] flexible. Pact of the Tome or Pact of the Chain both provide a lot of flexibility in different ways--take your pick. Then your choice of invocations can completely change the way your character operates. I'm not even bringing up spell selection or patron choice, since subclasses and spell choices aren't unique to warlock, but they have that too. [/QUOTE]

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