Presented here is information regarding the Warlock class, for use as a reference and resource for those wishing to present a case for the adjustment and balancing of the class to sane levels.
Warlock DPS as of 1.82f:

My logs are very simple, and my process strait forward - I wanted to show how much damage a Warlock was capable of unloading on a target before killing it, how quickly target death occurs from moment the first spell strikes the it, and how the level of resists on the target impacted it's survivability against a Warlock assault. Also - keep in mind, how long a support class has to respond to the Warlock fontload if he expects to actually heal the target. Feel free to contrast these with the logs from 1.64 and 1.81 to track how warlock damage output has evolved over the past year.

If you would like to view the actual log files, either to check the posted .HTML for accuracy, or to run it through a parser of your own, they are available for download:

 - Click HERE to download the chat log for test 1U.
- Click HERE to download the chat log for test 1V.
- Click HERE to download the chat log for test 1X.
- Click HERE to download the chat log for test 1Y.
- Click HERE to download the chat log for test 1Z.

If you would like to view my test subject Augbot, click HERE for her Statistics, and click HERE for her Kort's Spellcrafting Template. The target was fully buffed, as was Contention, during the entire test.


Test 1U - 26% Matter Resistance - (Chamber Opener)

[16:30:42] You cast a Chamber of Minor Fate Spell!
[16:30:42] You cast a Major Crushing Curse Spell!
[16:30:42] You hit Augbotjr for 299 (-80) damage! <-- Direct Damage
[16:30:42] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[16:30:42] You hit Augbotjr for 389 (-104) damage! <-- Lifetap
[16:30:42] You critical hit for an additional 70 damage!
[16:30:42] You cannot absorb any more life.
[16:30:42] You begin casting a Fortified Cast spell!
[16:30:42] You prepare a secondary spell!
[16:30:44] You cast a Fortified Cast Spell!
[16:30:44] You begin casting a Beguiled Hex spell!
[16:30:44] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[16:30:44] You hit Augbotjr for 291 (-78) damage! <-- Lifetap
[16:30:44] You cannot absorb any more life.
[16:30:44] You begin casting a Fortified Cast spell!
[16:30:44] You prepare a secondary spell!
[16:30:46] You cast a Chamber of Restraint Spell!
[16:30:46] You cast a Major Crushing Curse Spell!
[16:30:46] You hit Augbotjr for 299 (-80) damage! <-- Direct Damage
[16:30:46] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[16:30:46] You hit Augbotjr for 389 (-104) damage! <-- Lifetap
[16:30:46] You cannot absorb any more life.
[16:30:46] You cast a Fortified Cast Spell!
[16:30:46] You begin casting a Beguiled Hex spell!
[16:30:46] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[16:30:46] You hit Augbotjr for 291 (-78) damage! <-- Lifetap
[16:30:46] You cannot absorb any more life.
[16:30:46] You begin casting a Fortified Cast spell!
[16:30:46] You prepare a secondary spell!
[16:30:47] You cast a Fortified Cast Spell!
[16:30:47] You begin casting a Beguiled Hex spell!
[16:30:47] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[16:30:47] You hit Augbotjr for 291 (-78) damage! <-- Lifetap
[16:30:47] You critical hit for an additional 69 damage!
[16:30:47] You just killed Augbotjr!
[16:30:47] Augbotjr just died. Her corpse lies on the ground.

- Total Cast Time: 00:00:06
- Time to kill target from initial strike: 00:00:06
- Total damage inflicted: 2325 Hit Points
- Total damage negated by resists: 602 Hit Points
Observations:
The warlock chamber dump will be much easier to survive - possibly too easy - I see most defensive based realm ability skills, (IP, BOAD, EM, MoC, etc), at level 3 being able to easily trump a warlock's chamber dump at this point - Compare to Test 1J and Test 1R:

Test 1J - 26% Matter Resistance - (Chamber Opener)
- Total Cast Time: 00:00:03
 - Time to kill target from initial strike: 00:00:02
- Total damage inflicted: 2317 Hit Points
- Total damage negated by resists: 508 Hit Points

Test 1R - 26% Matter Resistance - (Chamber Opener)
- Total Cast Time: 00:00:05
- Time to kill target from initial strike: 00:00:05
- Total damage inflicted: 2364 Hit Points
- Total damage negated by resists: 744 Hit Points

Test 1V - 50% Matter Resistance - (Chamber Opener)

[16:34:58] You cast a Chamber of Minor Fate Spell!
[16:34:58] You cast a Major Crushing Curse Spell!
[16:34:58] You hit Augbotjr for 223 (-183) damage! <-- Direct Damage
[16:34:58] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[16:34:58] You hit Augbotjr for 271 (-222) damage! <-- Lifetap
[16:34:58] You cannot absorb any more life.
[16:34:58] You begin casting a Fortified Cast spell!
[16:34:58] You prepare a secondary spell!
[16:35:00] You cast a Fortified Cast Spell!
[16:35:00] You begin casting a Beguiled Hex spell!
[16:35:00] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[16:35:00] You hit Augbotjr for 203 (-166) damage! <-- Lifetap
[16:35:00] You critical hit for an additional 50 damage!
[16:35:00] You cannot absorb any more life.
[16:35:00] You begin casting a Fortified Cast spell!
[16:35:01] You cast a Chamber of Restraint Spell!
[16:35:01] You cast a Major Crushing Curse Spell!
[16:35:01] You hit Augbotjr for 271 (-222) damage! <-- Direct Damage
[16:35:01] You critical hit for an additional 59 damage!
[16:35:01] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[16:35:01] You hit Augbotjr for 271 (-222) damage! <-- Lifetap
[16:35:01] You cannot absorb any more life.
[16:35:02] You prepare a secondary spell!
[16:35:02] You cast a Fortified Cast Spell!
[16:35:02] You begin casting a Beguiled Hex spell!
[16:35:02] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[16:35:02] You hit Augbotjr for 203 (-166) damage! <-- Lifetap
[16:35:02] You cannot absorb any more life.
[16:35:03] You begin casting a Fortified Cast spell!
[16:35:03] You prepare a secondary spell!
[16:35:03] You cast a Chamber of Destruction Spell!
[16:35:03] You cast a Cursed Annihilation Spell!
[16:35:04] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[16:35:04] Augbotjr resists the effect! <-- Lifetap
[16:35:04] You hit Augbotjr for 243 (-69) damage! <-- Bolt
[16:35:04] You cast a Fortified Cast Spell!
[16:35:04] You begin casting a Beguiled Hex spell!
[16:35:04] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[16:35:04] You hit Augbotjr for 203 (-166) damage! <-- Lifetap
[16:35:04] You cannot absorb any more life.
[16:35:04] You begin casting a Fortified Cast spell!
[16:35:05] You prepare a secondary spell!
[16:35:06] You cast a Fortified Cast Spell!
[16:35:06] You begin casting a Beguiled Hex spell!
[16:35:06] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[16:35:06] You hit Augbotjr for 203 (-166) damage! <-- Lifetap
[16:35:06] You just killed Augbotjr!
[16:35:06] Augbotjr just died. Her corpse lies on the ground.

- Total Cast Time: 00:00:09
- Time to kill target from initial strike: 00:00:09
- Total damage inflicted: 2200 Hit Points
- Total damage negated by resists: 1582 Hit Points
Observations:
At 50% matter resistance primary and even secondary healers should be able to out-heal a warlock attack with little difficulty. I would recomend a substantial reduction in the cost of the warlock's spells costs to help mitigate the fact that a traditional caster will be dealing almost 1000 more damage than a warlock in an identical timespan - Compare to Test 1K and Test 1S:

Test 1k - 50% Matter Resistance - (Chamber Opener)
- Total Cast Time: 00:00:04
 - Time to kill target from initial strike: 00:00:03
- Total damage inflicted: 2380 Hit Points
- Total damage negated by resists: 1651 Hit Points

Test 1S - 50% Matter Resistance - (Chamber Opener)
- Total Cast Time: 00:00:09
 - Time till out of power: 00:00:09
- Total damage inflicted: 2061 Hit Points
- Total damage negated by resists: 1725 Hit Points

Test 1W - 0% Matter Resistance - (Chamber Opener)

[17:01:57] You cast a Chamber of Minor Fate Spell!
[17:01:57] You cast a Major Crushing Curse Spell!
[17:01:57] You hit Augbotjr for 450 damage! <-- Direct Damage
[17:01:57] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[17:01:57] You hit Augbotjr for 493 damage! <-- Lifetap
[17:01:57] You cannot absorb any more life.
[17:01:58] You begin casting a Fortified Cast spell!
[17:01:58] You prepare a secondary spell!
[17:01:59] You cast a Fortified Cast Spell!
[17:01:59] You begin casting a Beguiled Hex spell!
[17:01:59] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[17:01:59] Augbotjr resists the effect! <-- Lifetap
[17:01:59] You cast a Chamber of Destruction Spell!
[17:01:59] You cast a Cursed Annihilation Spell!
[17:01:59] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[17:01:59] You hit Augbotjr for 493 damage! <-- Lifetap
[17:01:59] You cannot absorb any more life.
[17:01:59] You hit Augbotjr for 315 damage!
[17:01:59] You critical hit for an additional 141 damage! <-- Bolt
[17:02:00] You begin casting a Fortified Cast spell!
[17:02:02] You prepare a secondary spell!
[17:02:02] You cast a Fortified Cast Spell!
[17:02:02] You begin casting a Beguiled Hex spell!
[17:02:02] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[17:02:02] You hit Augbotjr for 369 damage! <-- Lifetap
[17:02:02] You critical hit for an additional 125 damage!
[17:02:02] You just killed Augbotjr!
[17:02:02] Augbotjr just died. Her corpse lies on the ground.


- Total Cast Time: 00:00:06
- Time to kill target from initial strike: 00:00:06
- Total damage inflicted: 2386 Hit Points
- Total damage negated by resists: 0 Hit Points
Observations:
6 second to kill a target with 0% matter resistance seems a bit long by contrast to a regular caster, who will finish a target off in 3-4 seconds with 0% resistance to their damage type. Perhaps the warlock's ability to cast uninteruptably without MoC and their utility helps compensate for this. I do have concerns over the class's groupability however, as their damage over time and damage per power useage is dropping to levels that their utility may no longer compensate for a lack of damage in a GROUP context - Compare to Test 1L and Test 1T:

Test 1L - 0% Matter Resistance - (Chamber Opener)
- Total Cast Time: 00:00:03
 - Time to kill target from initial strike: 00:00:02
- Total damage inflicted: 2308 Hit Points
- Total damage negated by resists: 0 Hit Points

Test 1T - 0% Matter Resistance - (Chamber Opener)
- Total Cast Time: 00:00:03
 - Time to kill target from initial strike: 00:00:03
- Total damage inflicted: 2730 Hit Points
- Total damage negated by resists: 0 Hit Points
 - EDIT 1: Note that the damage in 1T is higher in this log than it's predicessor due to a massive overkill on the killing shot - to the tune of 471 damage.

Test 1X - 0% Energy Resistance - (Sustained Damage Over 20 Seconds - 48 Storm Thane)

[19:57:36] You begin casting a Thor's Full Lightning spell!
[19:57:38] You cast a Thor's Full Lightning Spell!
[19:57:38] You hit Crush for 327 damage! <-- Direct Damage
[19:57:38] You begin casting a Thor's Full Lightning spell!
[19:57:40] You cast a Thor's Full Lightning Spell!
[19:57:40] You hit Crush for 327 damage! <-- Direct Damage
[19:57:40] You begin casting a Thor's Full Lightning spell!
[19:57:41] You cast a Thor's Full Lightning Spell!
[19:57:41] You hit Crush for 327 damage! <-- Direct Damage
[19:57:41] You critical hit for an additional 32 damage!
[19:57:41] You begin casting a Thor's Full Lightning spell!
[19:57:42] You cast a Thor's Full Lightning Spell!
[19:57:42] You hit Crush for 327 damage! <-- Direct Damage
[19:57:42] You critical hit for an additional 166 damage!
[19:57:42] You begin casting a Thor's Full Lightning spell!
[19:57:44] You cast a Thor's Full Lightning Spell!
[19:57:44] You hit Crush for 327 damage! <-- Direct Damage
[19:57:44] You begin casting a Thor's Full Lightning spell!
[19:57:45] You cast a Thor's Full Lightning Spell!
[19:57:45] You hit Crush for 327 damage! <-- Direct Damage
[19:57:45] You begin casting a Thor's Full Lightning spell!
[19:57:46] You cast a Thor's Full Lightning Spell!
[19:57:46] You hit Crush for 327 damage! <-- Direct Damage
[19:57:46] You begin casting a Thor's Full Lightning spell!
[19:57:48] You cast a Thor's Full Lightning Spell!
[19:57:48] You hit Crush for 327 damage! <-- Direct Damage
[19:57:48] You begin casting a Thor's Full Lightning spell!
[19:57:49] You cast a Thor's Full Lightning Spell!
[19:57:49] You hit Crush for 327 damage! <-- Direct Damage
[19:57:49] You begin casting a Thor's Full Lightning spell!
[19:57:50] You cast a Thor's Full Lightning Spell!
[19:57:50] You hit Crush for 327 damage! <-- Direct Damage
[19:57:50] You begin casting a Thor's Full Lightning spell!
[19:57:51] You cast a Thor's Full Lightning Spell!
[19:57:51] You hit Crush for 327 damage! <-- Direct Damage
[19:57:51] You begin casting a Thor's Full Lightning spell!
[19:57:53] You cast a Thor's Full Lightning Spell!
[19:57:53] You hit Crush for 327 damage! <-- Direct Damage
[19:57:53] You begin casting a Thor's Full Lightning spell!
[19:57:55] You cast a Thor's Full Lightning Spell!
[19:57:55] You hit Crush for 327 damage! <-- Direct Damage
[19:57:55] You begin casting a Thor's Full Lightning spell!
[19:57:56] You cast a Thor's Full Lightning Spell!
[19:57:56] You hit Crush for 327 damage! <-- Direct Damage

- Total Cast Time: 00:00:20
- Total damage inflicted: 4776 Hit Points
- Total damage negated by resists: 0 Hit Points
Observations:

This would be the damage per second of the lowest damage per second caster in DAoC - a 48 stormcalling thane.

Test 1Y - 0% Matter Resistance - (Sustained Damage Over 20 Seconds)

[20:24:48] You cast a Chamber of Minor Fate Spell!
[20:24:48] You cast a Major Crushing Curse Spell!
[20:24:48] You hit Thrust for 476 damage! <-- Direct Damage
[20:24:48] You critical hit for an additional 328 damage!
[20:24:48] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[20:24:48] You hit Thrust for 487 damage! <-- Lifetap
[20:24:48] You cannot absorb any more life.
[20:24:49] You begin casting a Fortified Cast spell!
[20:24:49] You prepare a secondary spell!
[20:24:50] You cast a Fortified Cast Spell!
[20:24:50] You begin casting a Beguiled Hex spell!
[20:24:50] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[20:24:50] You hit Thrust for 365 damage! <-- Lifetap
[20:24:50] You critical hit for an additional 54 damage!
[20:24:50] You cannot absorb any more life.
[20:24:51] You begin casting a Fortified Cast spell!
[20:24:51] You prepare a secondary spell!
[20:24:52] You cast a Chamber of Restraint Spell!
[20:24:52] You cast a Major Crushing Curse Spell!
[20:24:52] You hit Thrust for 425 damage! <-- Direct Damage
[20:24:52] You critical hit for an additional 178 damage!
[20:24:52] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[20:24:52] You hit Thrust for 487 damage! <-- Lifetap
[20:24:52] You critical hit for an additional 107 damage!
[20:24:52] You cannot absorb any more life.
[20:24:52] You cast a Fortified Cast Spell!
[20:24:52] You begin casting a Beguiled Hex spell!
[20:24:52] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[20:24:52] You hit Thrust for 365 damage! <-- Lifetap
[20:24:52] You critical hit for an additional 354 damage!
[20:24:52] You cannot absorb any more life.
[20:24:53] You begin casting a Fortified Cast spell!
[20:24:53] You prepare a secondary spell!
[20:24:54] You cast a Fortified Cast Spell!
[20:24:54] You begin casting a Beguiled Hex spell!
[20:24:54] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[20:24:54] You hit Thrust for 365 damage! <-- Lifetap
[20:24:54] You cannot absorb any more life.
[20:24:55] You cast a Chamber of Destruction Spell!
[20:24:55] You cast a Cursed Annihilation Spell!
[20:24:55] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[20:24:55] You hit Thrust for 487 damage! <-- Lifetap
[20:24:55] You critical hit for an additional 462 damage!
[20:24:55] You cannot absorb any more life.
[20:24:55] You begin casting a Fortified Cast spell!
[20:24:55] You prepare a secondary spell!
[20:24:55] You hit Thrust for 609 damage! <-- Bolt
[20:24:55] You critical hit for an additional 517 damage!
[20:24:57] You cast a Fortified Cast Spell!
[20:24:57] You begin casting a Beguiled Hex spell!
[20:24:57] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[20:24:57] You hit Thrust for 365 damage! <-- Lifetap
[20:24:57] You cannot absorb any more life.
[20:24:58] You begin casting a Fortified Cast spell!
[20:24:58] You prepare a secondary spell!
[20:24:58] You have already chosen a secondary spell!
[20:24:59] You cast a Fortified Cast Spell!
[20:24:59] You begin casting a Beguiled Hex spell!
[20:24:59] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[20:24:59] Thrust resists the effect! <-- Lifetap
[20:24:59] You begin casting a Fortified Cast spell!
[20:24:59] You prepare a secondary spell!
[20:25:01] You cast a Fortified Cast Spell!
[20:25:01] You begin casting a Beguiled Hex spell!
[20:25:01] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[20:25:01] You hit Thrust for 365 damage! <-- Lifetap
[20:25:01] You critical hit for an additional 208 damage!
[20:25:01] You cannot absorb any more life.
[20:25:03] You begin casting a Skillful Cast spell!
[20:25:03] You prepare a secondary spell!
[20:25:05] You cast a Skillful Cast Spell!
[20:25:05] You begin casting a Beguiled Hex spell!
[20:25:05] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[20:25:05] You hit Thrust for 487 damage! <-- Lifetap
[20:25:05] You critical hit for an additional 336 damage!
[20:25:05] You cannot absorb any more life.
[20:25:05] You begin casting a Skillful Cast spell!
[20:25:05] You prepare a secondary spell!
[20:25:07] You cast a Skillful Cast Spell!
[20:25:07] You begin casting a Beguiled Hex spell!
[20:25:07] You cast a Beguiled Hex Spell!
[20:25:08] Thrust resists the effect! <-- Lifetap

- Total Cast Time: 00:00:20
- Total damage inflicted: 7791 Hit Points - 5707 Without PvE only 51%-100% Crits
- Total damage negated by resists: 0 Hit Points
- EDIT 1: Note that the massive crits in this log are not possible against another player - the damage without crits is: 5707 total damage inflicted in 20 seconds.
Observations:
The damage per second nerf is felt, as warlocks have dropped several thousand points in damage in their output over time. Compare to Test 1M:

Test 1M - 0% Matter Resistance - 20 seconds (Chamber Opener)
- Total Cast Time: 00:00:20
- Total damage inflicted: 8599 Hit Points
- Total damage negated by resists: 0 Hit Points

Test 1Z - 26% Matter Resistance - (Sustained Damage Over 20 Seconds - 48 Curse)

[20:20:16] You begin casting a Curse of Death spell!
[20:20:19] You cast a Curse of Death Spell!
[20:20:19] You hit Sabranic for 522 (-184) damage!
[20:20:20] You begin casting a Curse of Death spell!
[20:20:24] You cast a Curse of Death Spell!
[20:20:24] You hit Sabranic for 522 (-184) damage!
[20:20:24] You begin casting a Curse of Death spell!
[20:20:29] You cast a Curse of Death Spell!
[20:20:29] You hit Sabranic for 522 (-184) damage!
[20:20:29] You begin casting a Curse of Death spell!
[20:20:33] You cast a Curse of Death Spell!
[20:20:33] You hit Sabranic for 522 (-184) damage!
[20:20:33] You begin casting a Curse of Death spell!
[20:20:36] You cast a Curse of Death Spell!
[20:20:36] You hit Sabranic for 522 (-184) damage!
[20:20:36] You critical hit for an additional 52 damage!


- Total Cast Time: 00:00:20
- Total damage inflicted: 2612 Hit Points
- Total damage negated by resists: 920 Hit Points
Observations:
You'd have to be nuts, (in my opinion), to play a 48+ curse warlock - terrible damage per second, and very interrupt prone on 4 second hard locked spells. These drawbacks will make casting virtually impossible in most rvr environments - particularly given the non-class specific interrupts of Darkiness Rising or Trials of Atlantis. As I stated back in 1.64 the Curse Specline is badly in need of review.
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