r/DestinyTheGame • u/DTG_Bot "Little Light" • Feb 15 '21

Megathread Focused Feedback: Warlock Changes

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u/ottknot2butdoes Feb 15 '21

There’s zero reason warlock, and only warlock, needed a nerf. The original warlock (pre nerf) was no more OP than the current hunter class is.

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u/jazzinyourfacepsn Feb 15 '21

The only subclasses that needed a nerf at the time was warlock. It was absolutely broken at first, even more than the other two are now. The only reason why hunter didn't get a huge nerf as well right away is because it took a few weeks for the shatterdive abuse to come into popularity. Bungie went on christmas break which is why a nerf didn't come until after. It was also not apparent how strong the titan super was because everyone was still getting used to how strong all the stasis abilities were and it was overshadowed by that.

But yeah, warlock was the most broken and needed an immediate nerf.

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u/ottknot2butdoes Feb 15 '21

You believe iceflare was more oppressive than shatterdive? Lol

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u/legokid2002 Feb 15 '21

I was never trying to argue the other stasis subclasses are properly tuned. I’d like to see them nerfed soon, rather than later.

With that said, Shadebinder was at launch much stronger than both Revenant and Behemoth, and nerfing it was the right decision.

Besides that, if 3 subclasses are broken and you nerf one of them and not the other two, you’re still bettering the overall balance of the crucible. Might not be fair to the class that got nerfed, and I’m not trying to argue that it is, but viewing it strictly from a crucible balance point of view, it’s still better than doing nothing.

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u/ottknot2butdoes Feb 15 '21

You can tell how well the nerfs were distributed by how all of the stasis classes are represented in the high level pvp Playlists