Killing an enemy with your melee (in my case, and during testing, it was middle tree throwable hammers) and having the enemy/ies within Severance's explosion radius will grant you the BS of not being granted the buffs from middle tree, and Monte Carlo. Simply equipping a different chest piece will resolve this... but having a fun exotic be bugged, and not even being a gamebreaking bug (Wormgod Caress, Winter's Guile, Doom Fang Pauldron, Felwinter's Helm) feels like another low blow to me. Which is why i'd want to get Severance buffed. Yes, it's a good exotic on paper; kill small boi, other boios around die. However, titans barely have any kill-requiring melees. It be broke, and too weak. Stronk ples