In BG3, EKs typically want to be throwing weapons builds with Tavern Brawler, since Bound Weapon automatically returns to your hand when thrown.
Really you should focus on buffs and defense spells, not on attack spells. At most maybe get Magic Missle, which doesnt use DC and always hits.
"Play it THIS way!!!"
I really don't understand this mindset. Why are you being so suddenly defensive when people point out what a class is generally good at...
It's a suggestion/feedback forum.
If someone suggests that they'd like a certain feature or to be able to play a class a certain way, it feels decidedly and patently unhelpful to respond with advice about playing another way.
I really isn't when I include the class that maps onto what they're asking for. It even has its own bound weapon feature. Doubly so when the suggestion in question wouldn't solve the problem of the EK being pretty weak overall and they'd still feel like they're bad with spells, on account of the EK having a very limited selection of spells.
The forum exists to give suggestions and feedback. It's not designed to get responses about how you're playing the game wrong.
A more extreme example of this could be someone saying they're feeling dissatisfied their singleclass Wizard isn't doing so well as a melee dmg character and someone pointing out that obviously it wouldn't, because that's not what the class does. Then you come in all defensively about how we're telling people to play a certain way.
Pointing out that the class they picked and the playstyle they seem to expect doesn't line up seems more like common curtesy than hostility to me. That you're taking it so personally seems like something you might want to look into.
Personally, I can see someone not liking the warlock at all. The thought of selling a soul doesn't sit well with everyone. Folks who like certain game mechanics also care about certain game flavors.
The game also doesn't force you to pick any [WARLOCK] dialogue options in the game. Nor is every patron The Fiend. But if someone still doesn't want Warlock, then the playstyle being asked for here still wouldn't be covered by EKs using Int to hit and dmg. Clearly they're bothered by the class being weak by what I can read in the OP. But luckily there are similar classes they can play that's stronger and has a similar playstyle: Pact of the Blade Warlock and Fighter/Wizard multiclasses being the primary options.
