3 mages or 2 mages/1 warlock

[Toned]

Spec your mages fire and the lock destruction and it's pretty sick... CoE, 5x Imp Scorch = Sick...

[Lance]

One thing to consider is aoe potential

Hellfire AoE is extraordinarily effective.

One of my teams includes two mages and a lock. When I hit the PBAoE button, it triggers arcane explosion on the mages and a [nochanneling] modified hellfire on the lock. who usually starts out with a priestly shield.

Very mana efficient, and very effective.

I have one team with no lock, and I *sorely* miss the utility.

In fact, every time I play my 68 team, I wish I'd rolled a Warlock instead of a hunter in that 5th slot, and doubt I'll play any 70s team without a lock.

I didn't explain very well but I actually meant the possibility of speccing and using the group as a full on aoe group. Ie Arcane spec mages and Disc priest. This is what I am trying with my new group and so far it works really well. However I'm only in the 30s atm so how it pans out long term for me is still to be seen.
I did alot of aoeing with my old grp as well and it worked fine but I think my fire mages always beat my lock for damage. I was thinking arcane specced mages would be even better.