In a no-holds-barred interview published today, Azael claimed what warlocks are victims of "ridiculous damage and burst."

Pets are the biggest problem according to the EG player: "there are games where nothing has even happened yet and your pet is dead, and you're just left wondering what just happened." Going into more detail about the pet issue, Azael outlined the comparative strength of other class pets: "Felguard needs a lot higher damage to be worth it, honestly, BM pets make it look like such a joke, and even ghouls are better. "

Quizzed on the subject of buffing warlocks, however, the Canadian admitted that his class is difficult to balance because "if your survivability gets too high it gets to the point that it was in season two where you basically couldn't die." He feels that one solution would be to reduce damage across the board, helping out other struggling classes along the way:

"As far as damage goes, I'd much rather see other classes damage come down to where warlocks are rather than warlocks go up to where the other classes are because damage is just ridiculous at the moment. That would also help out a lot of other classes, not just 'locks."

Never the less, Azael said the problem cannot be solved in one fell swoop and listed numerous issues with the warlock class. Just below pets on his list of qualms was the near-uselessness of Metamorphosis: "I've played metamorphosis and it's just depressing how bad it is right now."

You can find the complete interview here