This hit the forums today, so I might as well post it here too. Thundgot created a list of Warlock concerns (which is strangely similar to Eyonix's list...).
What changes are we likely to see based on that list? My guess is absolutely none. Eyonix already did something like that, and based on the recent Battle Plan Vol. 2 post, the developers are done with the warlock class, regardless of the fact that Soul Shards can never work.
done with warlocks
think the comment about warlocks is only made regarding the restructuring of their talent tree. did not interpret it at all as the warlock class not getting and future improvements or fixes...
The gist I got from it is
The gist I got from it is that they're currently doing a round of "class talent rebalancing" and will not be making signifigant non-talent changes to classes until after they're complete.
Warlocks, Warriors, and Hunters have had their talent rebalancing already - essentially once they've refunded the talent points, that's it: your talent trees are "fixed". (Which is annoying, since my spec currently has a bunch of talents that turn out to be completely broken.)
So now they're working on Druids, then Paladins, and then Mages, Priests, Rogues, and Shamans. (Although not necessarily in that order.)
Given their current patch rate of a patch every two months or so, that means the soonest they're likely to actually reevalutate the warlock class is in about a year.
I highly doubt I'll still be playing then. (Which has less to do with warlock class woes than being intensely bored with the end-game.)