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#1 Aug 17 2009 at 2:42 PM Rating: Default
Prior to the patch, not only myself, but most locks I'd see in 5-man runs were either demonology or affliction. I was demonology, due to when trying destruction in a heroic (with different tanks), I pulled agro a lot.

Lately, I've been seeing more and more destruction locks in heroics. Has something changed? I read the patch notes, but didn't see anything that could result in this happening.

Is destruction good for heroics now and not cause as much agro as it used to?
#2 Aug 17 2009 at 7:14 PM Rating: Good
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I think it's just the fact that people are better geared and tanks understand how to grab earlier. Granted, I didn't run many dungeons in 3.1 but in 3.0 many people were still getting gear and learning the new style of tanking. Now when you run a dungeon with pugs it's usually people that are decently geared and understand the aggro who are just going for quick emblems. It's a lot easier to be a destruction lock if your tank has raided, understand how the class works now, and out gears the place compared to someone that's still looking for a dungeon drop or still has the mentallity of a BC style tank.
#3 Aug 26 2009 at 10:34 PM Rating: Decent
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destruction was always better for heroics and well.. everything. it's the top dps spec for raids and it's the top bursting spec so in 5mans you have the advantage over a spec that requires their pet to hit the target 10 times before being at full power and that relies on dots alot more... simply put destro was always the best choice... just it takes the 'average-joe' alot longer to realise this
#4 Aug 27 2009 at 9:17 AM Rating: Decent
Granted due to emblem changes, their are better tanks out there now, I still encounter mostly poor agro holding tanks. That is why I stick to demo in 5-mans.

I know that destro is a higher dps spec. In most cases for 5-mans, I just feel that the tanks just aren't up to par with holding agro when a destro lock is in the group.

When I made the OP, I'd really only been in 3 or 4 runs where their was another lock, which was destro. I went as demo. In those runs, the tank did fine. Due to that, I did try going destro spec in a 5-man heroic, but I ended up dying a few times, due to pulled agro.
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