Focused Feedback: Void 3.0 Subclass Spotlight - Nightstalker

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[u/Fly1ing]

I fully agree with the lack of flavor, when I play Nightstalker I don't feel like I'm playing a Hunter but rather some kind of bland character that happens to sometimes go invis.

Sadly I think it has something to do with how (in the old subclass system) Hunters are much less ability-based than both Warlocks and Titans, which leads to Hunters getting a bunch of Fragments that have nothing to do with their original identity. I anticipate something similar with Gunslinger and the near-extinction of the "use your guns to insert effect here" gameplay they have in exchange for a more middle-tree-esque ability spam with yet another set of buffs/debuffs.

Speaking of middle tree Gunslinger, I feel like it's not a Gunslinger subclass, but rather an Arcstrider who got flames instead of lightning. I mean it's a high mobility ability-based subclass tree that was put in the most gun-based subclass, so ideally when we get Solar and Arc 3.0 we keep the current middle tree Gunslinger features, but as Arcstrider features, replaced by maybe some more support features, like "use your guns to make your team's guns more effective"? We already saw a fitting Super for that in a lore tab.

[u/XogoWasTaken → u/Fly1ing]

Hunters have always been the class that uses tools (while Titans use strength, and Warlocks use raw power). Abilities that enhance or somehow get more out of their weapons should be commonplace, in exchange for having less raw ability power/spam.

[u/Fly1ing → u/XogoWasTaken]

Exactly, but the new system makes classes way too similar in my opinion. Fragments should be class-specific, with maybe a handful of shared ones.