Quote Originally Posted by Kvess View Post
Your DM could always take a page from 4th edition, and make short rest abilities immediately refresh after an encounter ends. The idea is that if you're not still in initiative, then you have enough time to catch your breath.

Makes a Warlock into a caster that has fewer spellslots to burn within any particular combat but can cast their pact spells all day.

It's effectively what you get if you're playing with a DM who is permissive with short rests, which I would argue is what a Warlock is actually tuned for.
Um, the fourth edition rule was that it took 5 minutes of rest to encounter powers.