{"id":1537,"date":"2010-08-31T12:58:37","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T19:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taultunleashed.com\/blogs\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2010-08-31T14:03:58","modified_gmt":"2010-08-31T21:03:58","slug":"blood-pact-destruction-warlock-changes-in-the-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.taultunleashed.com\/blogs\/blood-pact-destruction-warlock-changes-in-the-beta\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood Pact: Destruction warlock changes in the beta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.wow.com\/media\/2010\/08\/blood-pact-destruction-1282096547.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div><em>Echoes of distant incantations fade through the stagnant air, announcing the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wow.com\/category\/warlock\/\">warlock<\/a>&#8216;s departure. His maddening enslavement is no more, and fearful citizens once entrapped in darkness now fill the streets in celebration. But such revelry is hollow, for with the warlock lies the protection of his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wow.com\/category\/blood-pact\/\">Blood Pact<\/a> &#8212; and where it is removed, destruction follows.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Greetings from the eternal dark, master summoners.<\/p>\n<p>Here we are again, at the beginning of another week, and dealing with the hot mess that the beta continues to splatter all over our computer screens. It is quite the experience, let me tell you. In some ways, it is glorious and satisfying. In others, well, let&#8217;s just say that I have witnessed numerous screen flickers, program crashes, and enough bugs to warrant an exterminator. And yes, I know &#8212; such is the testing phase and I should just be happy for the opportunity to enjoy four frames per second of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wow.com\/cataclysm\/\"><em>Cataclysm<\/em><\/a> goodness while so many others just hope for an invitation. Believe it or not, I am thrilled about it. You just can&#8217;t tell because, as usual, I am in an incredibly wretched mood &#8212; I play a warlock, after all.<\/p>\n<p>During our last meeting, we took to the trees to break down the interesting changes made to the once lowly but now supremely sexy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wow.com\/2010\/08\/09\/blood-pact-demonology-changes-in-the-beta\/\">demonology specialization<\/a>, which has developed beyond puberty to become a stunning piece of work. This week, we shift our focus to the right. We&#8217;ll be eyeing the key changes made to the least DoT-dependent of warlock specializations. Some call it the &#8220;shadow mage equivalent&#8221; and should be slapped in the face with meat cleaver. The more intelligent call it &#8220;destruction.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>As is always the case with posts like these, there will be what some consider to be spoilers in the information ahead. So please, click responsibly.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wow.com\/2010\/08\/31\/blood-pact-destruction-warlock-changes-in-the-beta\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>Blood Pact: Destruction warlock changes in the beta<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wow.com\/category\/warlock\/\" rel=\"tag\">Warlock<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wow.com\/category\/blood-pact\/\" rel=\"tag\">(Warlock) Blood Pact<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wow.com\/category\/cataclysm\/\" rel=\"tag\">Cataclysm<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wow.com\/2010\/08\/31\/blood-pact-destruction-warlock-changes-in-the-beta\/\">Blood Pact: Destruction warlock changes in the beta<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wow.com\">WoW.com<\/a> on Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:00:00 EST.  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His maddening enslavement is no more, and fearful citizens once entrapped in darkness now fill the streets in celebration. But such revelry is hollow, for with the warlock lies the protection of his Blood Pact &#8212; and where it is removed, destruction follows. Greetings from the eternal dark, master summoners. 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