Warlock self-res is a crutch for the weak.
Seriously.
What use is it outside of PvP?
That's right - people who struggle to stay alive can have a second chance at dying again. Give me a Warlock whose build is based around staying alive any day of the week. A Warlock using self-res is basically waiting to die. They're holding the rest of the team back. They don't generate orbs unless they die. They don't activate supers unless they die. They're basically a drain on DPS and team strategy/cohesion. If you're a Warlock with self-res, [i]you're letting your team-mates down[/i].
When recruiting for Raids, I ask people if they use self-res and then turn them down if they say yes. I want my Warlocks to be team-players, not people concerned only about themselves.
[spoiler]It's not really any use in PvP either.[/spoiler]
Edit: apologies if I've stopped replying to someone in particular, this forum makes it impossible to look through everything and keep up with every conversation.
Edit 2: Next week on Ackter Provokes: The Gjallarhorn and how if it was suddenly removed, 99% of players would no longer be able to beat anything!
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So, are you just now realizing that not every weapons, spec, ability ect.. is usefull and needed 100% of the time? Same reason why they added duel spec in World of Warcraft years ago, some specs are great for some encounters while they suck in others. Just how it is. Which is also why there are two specs to choose from. Sometimes it's better that someone can self res if they die as having said person alive doing damage is better than a dead guy doing nothing. It all depends on the situation, not to mention that warlocks spec has benefits for the entire raid which DOES help.