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Edited by Mister Wrecked: 3/6/2025 10:40:58 PM
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What are you trying to accomplish with the smoke changes? (A rant about how Bungie seems to put little though into ability adjustments for all classes)

It feels like your only goal with the smoke changes was to get people to shut up about smoke in PVP. This is theme with ability updates in the PVP sandbox - people complain about over tuned abilities, often rightly so, then you nuke them into being a useless piece of kit. No nuance applied. Seemingly no critical thought applied. No care for class identity applied. Hunter smoke is currently over tuned the PVP sandbox, but the changes incoming will effectively make it a nigh-useless ability. It provides weaken, very short duration visual obscurement, and a tiny bit of tick damage. The weaken is potentially useful, the rest is effectively useless in PVP 99% of the time. You all should decide what the identity is: is it a disruption tool [b]OR[/b] distraction tool. Then make it good at that one thing. If you want disruption movement and visual impairment like we have now makes sense. If you want distraction then revert the timer and radar ping changes from some time ago. Stop giga nerfing abilities for all classes in response to abilities being out of band or players complaining about them. Apply a little [i]actual critical thought and developer nuance[/i] to adjusting abilities so whatever they do fills a specific role in the classes kit. Stop taking the option that requires the least thought or work. Surely you are capable of respecting class identity [i]without[/i] making abilities too powerful.

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  • I hear you. They seem to do that with everything they tune- if it’s a little too good or fun to use they don’t just tune it down a bit- they neuter it completely. A perfect example of this is the starfire protocol WL fusion nade build. They hit it so hard it’s never been used again. They hit anarchy so hard it’s never used unless it’s a GL or arc themed season. Recluse was the same way. It’s like they just can’t be surgical with their balancing.

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