Proposed change to soul shards, Multiple solutions!
Anyone who plays a warlock vanilla through lich king knows very well that shard farming can become a chore. Often warlocks have to go out of their way just to get shards because we NEED them. Especially in pvp. I as well as many others fail to see why we need something so tedious for mandatory spells. Playing without them is just not viable so one way or another your going to waste your hearth and/or time to go shard farming.
The only thing soul shards do is limit the amount of soulfires that can be used before your decimation talent procs if your demo. No pve warlocks take shadowburn seriously and warlocks will spam this spell anyways even if they have to farm more shards. Pets are mandatory for pvp and if we don't have shards we are just sitting ducks waiting to be gimped because of soul link. Its just an extreme inconvenience for something that we must have for pvp.
Remember when blind used to cost a reagent? It was removed because it was just an inconvenience. This is something that a lot of people feel needs to happen for warlocks to improve the class altogether.
It is an outdated mechanic that serves no real purpose other then for maybe lore.
I propose a change to ease the strain of constantly having to farm soul shards.
Change 1: Remove soul shards all together as a reagent.
Change 2: Soul shard is now one item that does not stack but now has unlimited charges for X amount of time. Warlocks can only have 1 soul shard at a time.
Change 3: A donation of X amount of coins will now give you unlimited soul shards.
Change 4: Remove soul shard cost from shadowburn and pets.
Change 5: Drain soul now gives soul shards every time it does damage regardless of targets level and regardless of if that target grants honor or xp. Soul shards now have 20 charges each. Soul shards remain at a 32 count limit.
If you have any other suggestions they are greatly appreciated and all reply are welcome. Please leave a comment on how yal feel about this. Lets improve warlock game play because no one wants fun to feel like a chore!
