Hi I've been playing a lock since mist in hardcore progression guild ( maimed a dk before then preist in van/bc n) and have always loved affliction I haven't been able to find much in the way of valid testimonies on which is better I see affys going both ways or equal values I just wanted people opinions / advice im currently going with more mastery but wanted to hear from others go!!

Our guild leader is an AFF lock and I'm always fighting against him for haste/mastery gear.

I would imagine they're nearly identical in priority. Although he seems to try balancing out crit as well, but I don't know much about locks. *shrug*

Here's his armory for reference.

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/proudmoore/Seitia/advanced

Intellect > Mastery > Haste > Multistrike >= Crit > Versatility

Yeah that's what I've been seeing saw on mmo champ locks are getting a 3% nerf to corruption but affy is getting a 3% buff to agony and unstable torally stoked are tick break points null and void now??? It use To be a huge thing to get the highest possiable break point in haste with oit sacinga lot of mastery and then going pure mast after that

get as much mastery as you can

Haste/=/Mastery

same shit different day

Mastery increases dot damage
Haste increases rate of tick, ICD and will make your siphon tick quicker meaning more procs of ticks of dots from it

don't forget eradication procs

I play affliction warlock currently and I'm loving it. The thing is, you don't really have a choice vs haste or mastery, with only highmaul out, you pretty much just take the best piece you can find with such limited cloth pieces. Most pieces that have these stats are haste/mastery which are the best. Mastery is better though by a little so you should gem and enchant mastery. There's no beakpoints anymore so don't worry about that.

i see everyone posting they play affliction on hcs and mythics... im playing destro and doing decent with it
anyone can explain how can affliction be better ? i understand on bosses like twins but is it worth playing it over demo/destro on other bosses?