A lot of us enjoy playing support characters. THATS OK.
I enjoy putting on Well and running Div and wear boots of the assembler.
A lot times those tracking heals have helped a weaker or new player get through a raid or encounter. LFGs can be… interesting.
Well isn’t over powered and if you don’t play right you can get killed in it.
So why do we run it? We like if. We enjoy it. It fulfills that healer power fantasy.
In short Well is popular because the power fantasy is popular. Not because it’s “mandatory”.
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Edited by WillyT: 2/9/2023 4:16:20 PMAs a Warlock main from the start, I truly don't mind a Well of Radiance nerd [b][i]IF[/i][/b] its done properly. This means two things: 1.) Well can't be crippled - it should still be a viable option, just not the end-all be-all best pick. 2.) Pretty much all the other Warlock Supers need a tuning pass, and Needlestorm (the Strand Super) needs huge single-target damage potential. If you take away Well, Warlocks are left with a mediocre burst super in Nova Bomb (what was originally the heavy-hitter of one shot supers is now significantly outperformed by just about everything else), and a bunch of horrible roamers in Daybreak, Nova Warp, and Stormtrance. Winter's Wrath is only usable because of crowd control, but the duration and lack of armor leave you better off using it for an Ager's Scepter build. I don't think I even need to touch on Chaos Reach, which is outright bad. So yea, I don't really mind them mixing up the meta, but they need to leave Warlocks with something viable. Otherwise Locks will just be wasted space in DPS phases, with those spots better occupied by Hunters or Titans.