I was originally going to make my main an Illusionist, but I made myself a Human. Now, I want to become a Warlock, but I'm worried it's going to take a really long time.

My Magician is at 29 right now. I still need to get him to 50, get a Cleric to 40, get a Shaman to 50, and get a Bard to 20 for the certificate.

How many hours do you think this will take? Is Warlock worth all the time?

I was originally going to make my main an Illusionist, but I made myself a Human.

I don't see how this is related. Why can't you be a Human Illusionist?

Now, I want to become a Warlock, but I'm worried it's going to take a really long time.

All depends on the time you plan to put into it, but it's not certainly going to be short and easy.

How many hours do you think this will take? Is Warlock worth all the time?

Getting a class that requires this much isn't measured in hours. Warlock is, of course, completely worth the time.

But isn't Human a pretty bad race for Illusionists compared to ursun and halfkin.....

I'll probably just make an illusionist my main class, and then level up bard, cleric, and shaman over time to unlock certificates. It just kills me that if I was an ursun I could have an additional 20% mcrit rate....

the human illu passive isn't any use at all for pvp, but it is nice in pve. Why? Having -10% malice allows you to equip other certs rather than -malice ones allowing you to make up for the lost crit rate or dmg.

Remember that not all tanks are aggro machines(some of them dont understand why its important) and far more commonly in later game, may bosses have a malice reset skill that can cause problems if tank is waiting on provoke cooldown. Yes, some tanks are bad, some make mistakes, others suffer lag.

This is more apparent in trials where mobs spawn during boss fights and you dont want to take aggro off 2nd tank or off tank.

Remember in pvp illu's main purpose is crowd control rather than outright dps.

I understand and admit that human passive isnt the BEST choice but it's still useful.

In exchange for not having a great passive here, humans do have some great passives on other classes like the stun chance on MA or crit rate on sami. They gotta balance out the races by making each good at a few jobs, and less so at others.

As for levelling classes for warlock, it wont take long. PLay the highest requirement class as your main and level others in arenas and you'll get warlock unlocked fast, For example, my warrior went from 5-55 in about 2 weeks with some casual arena playing.

Yeah, I've kind of decided I'm just going to stick with Illusionist and secondary Cleric for now.

I might start a new character sometime though.