Totem of Wrath vs. Demonic Pact

The battle between the spellpower support talents is nothing new, and it's gotten a lot of blue post attention lately, most recently this one. Take a second to review it if you want. It hits some high points of several issues elemental deals with right now, but one in particular is caused by warlocks. Totem of Wrath provides secondary support, so even when it's main function is useless, shamans aren't always given their fire totem back, and likewise, demonology's buff scales.

GC raises a few points. Among them, a shaman without ToW is more attractive for a raid slot than a demo warlock without DP - they still provide other strong support. GC assures that fixing the disparity between the two abilities is a priority... But it's been assured a priority now for soon to be three patches as it's gone from a nebulous idea to a reality of raiding.

The thing that gets me, the solution is both elegant and already in-game in the attack power department. Trueshot Aura (marksmanship), Abomination's Might (blood), and Unleashed Rage (enhancement - right next door to elemental) all scale based on the buff recipient, not the provider.

At high gear levels, where the disparity really means something, this is a buff to Totem of Wrath, but a nerf to Demonic Pact (nobody has the sheer spellpower of a demo warlock), though not a nerf to demonic pact's personal DPS, since the warlock himself will still be getting 10% of his own spellpower. It is a nerf to both at lower gear levels, however if this were implemented in 3.3, the emblem system would bring even non-raiders into the gear levels where the Demo:Ele conflict comes into play, and this would be done much more with an interest in Icecrown balance than previous tiers.