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9/21/2014 1:12:49 PM
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What's up with Warlocks?

Is it just me?

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Or is this actually an issue?

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Soooo, can someone tell me why the Warlock class is by far the worst class to play as in PvP? In anything other than PvP, Warlocks are pretty cool and are fun to play as, but as soon as you go to the Crucible, you get demolished by the other two classes. Not the fastest or the strongest I always seem to be at a disadvantage to the agility of the Hunters, or the brute strength of the Titans. No matter how much I tinker with my class or my playstyle the other classes' abilities just seem waaaay better than mine. Yeah, the Nova Bomb is cool, but it could still miss even with the tracker on (I've seen and experienced it happen plenty of times), and unless you run into some poor, unfortunate soul who doesn't know how to stay away from or walk out of the Vortex effect you're more likely to get, maybe, 1-3 kills. Hell, the AI in the story knows not to walk through it so what makes you think a human will? Radiance seems like a waste because you can only throw slightly more powerful grenades and can almost continuously use Scorch. That theoretically sounds really cool, but it actuality it sucks. Even though the melee is ranged, you still have to be relatively close to hit someone with it (and if it's not Scorch or a Energy Drain melee, it's going to take two hits) and no one just stands there and lets you hit them so you're taking massive damage (even with Radiant Skin) and will eventually die very quickly unless you get someone with bad reaction time or has their back turned. You could possibly get a kill with the grenade, but unless that unfortunate soul walks into it or you get a stick, Warlock grenades don't kill. People just walk away from so many of my grenades (even with burn damage) I'm surprised when one of them actually gets a kill. I've died a lot while trying to use either of my supers, but it's so damn difficult to kill a Titan or Hunter while they use theirs. I don't know exactly if they do or don't get a shield when they use their supers but it sure feels like it and I know that I don't when I use mine. The Titans are supposed to be strong, but to survive a rocket blast while doing a super? Or one hit melee me at full health? The Hunters are supposed to be agile, but to be taking headshots from a distance away from me to instantly killing me up close by teleporting with a blink strike? Or surviving a special melee and two shotgun blasts in Bladedancer and still killing me and other teammates? Or taking basically no damage and will definitely kill at least 3 enemies with the no-chance-in-hell-you're-getting-away-from-this, insta-kill pistol (I've seen 2 people miss one shot each, and they were both very low level. I bet they've never missed again). Oh, and I almost forgot the should be patented " hide in the corner or by a door while cloaked and not show up on the radar until after someone runs by me and I pwn them with my vast arsenal of abilities, or a shotgun" technique. What do the Warlocks specialize in though? Recovery? Well, you can really recover if you couldn't take enough damage in the first place, or be quick enough to get out of gunfights sooo... yeah. It's almost like Warlocks only have a fair chance against other Warlocks. Before I even started typing this I thought maybe it's just me. Maybe I'm just not good enough at the game or at using this character. Then I remembered that I'm not the only one complaining about it, and there is no way that we all suck. A vast majority of my friends and randoms that I meet during raids, strikes, and other missions have the same grievances. I don't want to say that the other classes are overpowered, but the Warlock is definitely yields to the other classes. I'm not asking for Warlocks to get a super-buff and be crazy OP like the Hunters are right now, all I'm asking for is a balance between all of the classes so that no one class can easily prevail over another. I know the game is only in it's second week and everything takes time, but I know a lot of people who can't stand the Crucible because of the class balancing. But even with all of my complaints I still play it because this game is fun and is only going to get better, especially if Bungie listens to community feedback (plus I gotta get these bounties done).
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