Glyph of Fear

This is my new favorite glyph: Glyph of fear. :)

At first it doesn't look like much. The target you fear will stand still and it will cost you a 5 sec cooldown before you can Fear again. Why would anyone want that? Useless effect and a long cooldown on Fear, that sucks.

But, think again. :) Blizzard tries hard to make things balanced. So a long cooldown must mean that the effect is really nice.

In PvE you can start using Fear. The mobs will no longer run around like headless chicken and pull the entire room. Ok, to be fair, it isn't very useful in PvE. In a perfect world the tanks hold all the aggro and you will stand as far away as you can, spamming Seed of Corruption. But we all know that warlocks are aggro-magnets and now we have an awesome cc to use to buy ourselves some time. :)

But where this glyph really shines is in PvP or rather in BG's. :) Team up with someone with a melee-class and a Fear, Immolate, Conflagrate and a big sword later it will be game over for any clothie-priest or -mage. Same things with paladins. I don't know how many times I've seen a paladin stand and heal him-/her-self and keep 3-4 players busy while the other hordes steal the flag. A simple Fear and it will buy enough time to get that pala down.

Or is that cat-form druid flag-carrier running away from everyone? Mount up and use Shadowfury* on them which will give you enough time to Fear them. After that it is a simple task to get that flag back. :)

I have to admit that I'm not, by far, a good PvP'er. :) I suck at duels and I only go into bg's when I don't have anything else to do. But what I managed to figure out is that bg's is all about team-work. And while Fear won't give you any killing blows it is a very fun (and probably extremely annoying for the enemy) way to help your team win. :) (Oh, almost forgot, a Seed of Corruption or two will get you quite a lot of hk's if that is what you are looking for.)

*) The nice thing with Shadowfury is that it is an instant cast. Meaning, you don't have to dismount to cast it. You will have to use the keyboard to run the last few yards while you use the mouse to aim.