Says it in the title. All arc staffs are literally useless since they don’t offer anything more than what other classes can, especially with the potency of stasis warlock and sentinel.
Tether is only decent in solo activities and is made irrelevant thanks to debuff mods in the artefact, while spectral blades are laughable in pve especially the super.
Golden gun is half decent with its good super regen but celestial has been massively overshadowed by cuirass and chaos reach being powerhouse damage supers. Not to mention the crit multiplier on a lot of bosses don’t favor celestial.
These changes aren’t going to change people’s minds on who to pick for pve. It’s even clear that people don’t want hunters in pve content (just look at lfg) since they don’t offer anything better than what titans and warlocks can already do.
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Hunters are perfectly viable, they just aren't particularly relevant right now I'd probably wait and see how the armor changes shake out next week, considering that's where a large part of Hunter power comes from. Artifact might be more in Hunter favor next season too, so too early to call for me personally