Yeah, I believe the drain life/mana nerf is a biggie as well.  I at LEAST hope the cd starts at the beginning of the spell and not the end, but even so it's a huge impact on drain tanking either way.

And what the hell is the reason to take incinerate up to 3 seconds?  Incinerate is already not keeping up with the damage output of shadowbolt, so why nerf it more?

Ah well, I decided long ago to either just roll with the changes or quit the game.  I don't want to be one of the whiners to Blizz, even though I think the company puts too much stock into what a few whiners say as opposed to how the general gaming community feels.  So, this is me - rolling with this next punch.

As far as buffs for a lock?  Nothing even worth mentioning really.  The amplify curse spell now affects weakness and tongues curses?  That's great and all, but MEH.  Especially after the huge somewhat recent nerf to the duration of curse of tongues.

The Aftermath buff?  Again, not a biggie really.  They just added incinerate into the mix at the high cost of adding .5 seconds to the spell.  And incinerate, a fire spell, should have been included from the beginning imo.

This huge improvement to deathcoil doesn't do anything for me either.  .5 seconds is enough time to get off a fear just as 1 sec is...  I doubt I'm going to be able to deathcoil, shadowbolt THEN fear still.

I think the nerfs far outweigh the buffs, and it seems to me they base way too many decisions on PvP stuff after listening to too many whiners.