#0 - April 13, 2007, 5:06 p.m.
Blizzard Post
Here are the notes for the Warlock changes in the current PTR patch. Please take note, these changes are subject to further review, additions, and edits based on testing and feedback in the Test Realms.

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Warlocks

  • "Amplify Curse": This ability is now consumed correctly by a "Curse of Doom" casting.
  • "Create Healthstone": These abilities will now be sorted in rank order in your spellbook.
  • "Create Spellstone": These abilities will now be sorted in rank order in your spellbook.
  • "Curse of the Elements" and "Curse of Shadow" now have a duration of 2 minutes when used on PvP targets.
  • "Curse of Tongues" now has a 12 second duration when used on PvP targets.
  • "Demonic Knowledge": This ability will now work with enslaved demons.
  • "Enslave Demon": The health bar and mana bar for enslaved demons will no longer appear to go down when they become enslaved.
  • Fixed some data errors that caused "Soul Leech" and "Conflagrate" to generate more threat than intended.
  • "Improved Drain Soul": This talent will no longer trigger when a creature other than the one you are draining dies.
  • "Insignia of the Alliance/Horde" and "Medallion of the Alliance/Horde" now remove "Fear", "Stun" and "Slowing" effects and no longer remove "Charm" and "Polymorph" effects.
  • New art added for "Ritual of Souls" channeling focus and "Soulwell" created by the spell.
  • "Ritual of Souls" no longer consumes a "Soul Shard" when cast in arenas.
  • "Shadowfury" now properly benefits from the Intensity talent.
  • "Spell Lock" (Felhunter) duration reduced to 5 seconds (rank 1) and 6 seconds (rank 2), and cooldown reduced to 24 seconds.
  • "Soulwell" now plays a sound and visual effect when you create a "Healthstone" through using it.
  • "Soul Link": Adjusted tooltip to explain that the damage transferred to the pet cannot be prevented. The functionality remains unchanged. This ability will now work with enslaved demons.
  • "Unholy Power": The tooltip has been corrected to indicate it works with the Imp's "Firebolt".

Pets

  • Abilities and items that are triggered when you kill a target are also now triggered when your pet kills a target.
  • Fixed the amount of happiness lost when you dismiss a Nether Ray pet.
  • Voidwalkers will stop while they are consuming shadows.
  • Warlock and Hunter pets will now be automatically dismissed when you summon a mount. These pets will return on dismount. This does not affect pet happiness for Hunters.
  • Warlock and Hunter pets will now be automatically dismissed when you untalent.