I want to be able to do some damage in PVP hopefully take some people down with me at the very lest. 
I think there are other people here that can tell you the best way to go for PvP.
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When the babel fish was in place, it was apparent [PPZ]Kamikaze Gerbil said:
I need some advice, I am playing a Warlock on Bonechewer a PVP server, I have come to realize that my current talent path (Demonology) is probably not a good choice seeing how I am on a PVP server and once the master is dead the pet is gone. My quest is this: Is Affliction or Destruction a better path to put the majority of my talents in? I am thinking Demonic Embrace is a good idea to stick with but I should probably move everything else to another tree. Any suggestions?I want to be able to do some damage in PVP hopefully take some people down with me at the very lest.
Destruction is unquestionably better for PVP. Three second stuns and dazes on your AoEs, reduced mana cost on your burst damage, an insta-nuke, tons of great stuff. However, you will be totally frontloaded and your VW won't be able to hold aggro, so expect to be gimped in PVE.
Affliction line is not good for PVP at all. It has Curse of Exhaustion and that's about it.
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Demonology Talents (13 points)Demonic Embrace - 4/5 points
Increases your total Stamina by 12%, but reduces your total Spirit by 4%.Improved Imp - 3/3 points
Increases the effect of your Imp's Firebolt, Fire Shield, and Blood Pact spells by 30%.Improved Voidwalker - 3/3 points
Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's Torment, Consume Shadows, and Suffering spells by 25%.Improved Succubus - 3/3 points
Increases the effect of your Succubus' Last of Pain and Soothing Kiss spells by ?, and increases the duration of your Succubus' Seduction and Lesser Invisibility spells by ?.
Destruction Talents (38 points)Improved Shadow Bolt - 5/5 points
Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase the next 4 sources of Shadow damage dealt to the target by 20%.Cataclysm - 2/5 points
Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 2%.Aftermath - 5/5 points
Gives your Destruction spells a 10% chance to daze the target for 5 seconds.Shadowburn - 1/1 point
Instantly blasts the target with 87 to 99 Shadow damage. Requires 1 Soul Shard. If the target dies from Shadowburn, and yields experience, the caster gains a Soul Shard.Devastation - 5/5 points
Increases the critical strike chance of your Destruction spells by 5%.Improved Lash of Pain - 2/2 points
Reduces the cooldown of your Succubus' Last of Pain spell by 6 seconds.Destructive Reach - 2/2 points
Increases the range of your Destruction spells by 20%.Intensity - 2/2 points
Gives you a 70% chance to resist interruptiong caused by damage while channeling the Rain of Fire or Hellfire spell.Pyroclasm - 2/2 points
Gives your Rain of Fire and Hellfire spells a ? chance to stun the target for 3 seconds.Ruin - 1/1 point
Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 100%.Improved Immolate - 5/5 points
Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 25%.Inferno - 5/5 points
Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 10%.Conflagrate - 1/1 point
Ignite a target that is already afflicted by Immolate, dealing 197 to 251 damage and consuming the Immolate spell.
Advance to the improved VW first, then proceed down the destruction tree. Cap it off with the improved succubus whenever you feel like it. This will preserve some semblance of PVE capability while still making you a burst damage/aoe sonic electronic ballbreaker.
Do not underestimate the role of pets in PVP. Most people ignore them totally, and with the right talents the succubus and imp are a deceptively large source of damage. Maradon! fucked around with this message on 03-07-2005 at 08:41 PM.
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Falaanla Marr had this to say about the Spice Girls:
Improved shadow bolt is crap. Considering that you will critical MAYBE 5% of the time...the talent is rarely useful. You're better off getting Cataclysm and Bane. Daze isn't that great...if it were stun, though...it'd be FAR FAR better.
Daze is nice for PvP, however.
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Falaanla Marr had this to say about Pirotess:
Improved shadow bolt is crap. Considering that you will critical MAYBE 5% of the time...the talent is rarely useful. You're better off getting Cataclysm and Bane. Daze isn't that great...if it were stun, though...it'd be FAR FAR better.
Consider, though, that when you do crit a shadow bolt, your succubus' lash of pain will deal 20% more damage on top of the 25% extra damage it does due to Improved Succubus for the next four hits. Together, that translates into some major pain, and since nobody ever pays any attention to the pet, it won't be prevented.
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Maradon! had this to say about John Romero:
Consider, though, that when you do crit a shadow bolt, your succubus' lash of pain will deal 20% more damage on top of the 25% extra damage it does due to Improved Succubus for the next four hits. Together, that translates into some major pain, and since nobody ever pays any attention to the pet, it won't be prevented.
Personally, I prefer benefits that I can count on from fight to fight as opposed to things that will help me in 1 of 20 fights.
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Falaanla Marr had this to say about Jimmy Carter:
Personally, I prefer benefits that I can count on from fight to fight as opposed to things that will help me in 1 of 20 fights.
I just like it when talents combo well 
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This insanity brought to you by Maradon!:
I just like it when talents combo well
If it works for you, go with it. 
The game is all about fun.
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There was much rejoicing when [PPZ]Kamikaze Gerbil said this:
Oh and Nae... The Infinity Legion lives once agian.
Oh my gourd! How totally awesome!!!!!!!!!
For those of you that are wondering what we are talking about.. The Infinity Legion was the very first guild I have ever been in, from my early days of EQ. Kamikaze was our guild leader. 
This is so exciting!
