I've played this game for quite some time now. And in all that time, I can irrefutably say my favorite subclass is voidwalker. It always has been, and always will be. To me, it's always been great no matter where I've taken it. The only time I opted not to use was my first time killing Skolas. And things have changed since the beginning. Energy drain is much more active, and nova actually kills things. And I am very grateful that those changes were made. I've always loved being one with the void. Using it, and it using me to save brain dead team mates who refuse to go in the hide-y hole during fanatics. Or wiping the majors on the other side of the portals in the gatekeeper and atheon encounters. And dropping off atheon with help from a song of flame sunsinger. Or being God in the abyss with bad juju and obsidian mind. Being a great orb generator in king's fall. And my many rolls now in WOTM. Despite that however, some people still want sunsingers over voidwalkers. Many of time, people seemed to hate voidwalker out right. The subclass that can can crowd control and orb gen quite well, especially with an experienced voidwalker. To sunsingers who can just bring themselves back if they die. But a competent voidwalker normally doesn't die. Don't get me wrong, people don't scream at you to switch subclasses like it used to be. Yet, it is still infuriating when some do. When inquiring a pleb- I MEAN A VALUEABLE TEAMMATE WHO HAPPENED TO ONLY GET 10 KILLS ON A STRIKE- who had complaints on the subclass, he voiced that "it doesn't help the team like sunsinger" But, that's the point. Voidwalker is supposed to be the dark mage class. It isn't meant to support; it crowd controls and heals itself by killing. That is how it helps the fireteam. It keeps itself and its comrades by killing Which gave me an idea. Why not change or amplify some of voidwalker's abilities (mainly passive) to push that agenda? Well, here are the ideas I came up with: [b][u]jumps[/u][/b] no changes [b][u]grenades[/u][/b] no changes [b][u]melee[/u][/b] energy drain works very well now, especially since with its new version, you can get a grenade every 5 seconds. However, I feel something could be augmented. Surge: [spoiler]a decent ability, it does what it says, and does it well; though it seems more gimmicky than effective. Allow it to still increase movement and reload, but have it affect its victim. The victim of the melee -if still alive- is now slowed to around weight of darkness 3-4. [/spoiler] Life steal: no changes Soul rip: [spoiler]undoubtedly, this is my favorite melee modifier. It allows me to have a nova bomb faster, which allows more explosions (and there is nothing a voidwalker main loves more than explosions). However, I feel it could still be a bit better. I realized that voidwalker is the only void subclass that doesn't have a way to suppress its targets. This will be its way. Now surviving victims will simply have a defender suppressor 'nade applied to them for a smaller amount of time. [/spoiler] [b][u]Super[/u][/b] Vortex: [spoiler]after using this subclass for nearly 3 years, and subsequently its super, I've noticed that vortex especially is highly lackluster. In pve, your enemies die from initial impact, or not at all. Vortex doesn't change that. And in PvP? Enemy guardians can run in, stop and pick up heavy, run out AND STAY ALIVE. Acknowledging this, I do fathom there should be a change. Perhaps more damage to the D.O.T?[/spoiler] Shatter: no changes Lance: [spoiler]bungie, you did fix its problem with the lowered radius, however, this variant of nova is still just not that useful. I mean, if you truly want more damage from your nova, use shatter. Ironically, shatter does more damage, even though lance boasts a 25% increase to it! So, I'd say; just allow lance to overpenetrate shields, or more damage to have more variety. [/spoiler] [b][u]Passive 1[/u][/b] Annihilate: [spoiler]it is an amazing perk to make your explosions even better. Beyond that though, it is underwhelming. Why not make it so that annihilate still increases radius for your explosions, but as well, it slows enemies who enter your vortex 'nades/nova until they exit it. [/spoiler] Angry magic: [spoiler]it's bad... just bad. The only reason I use it is for the +1 armor. Other than that, it's atrocious. It doesn't proc half the time, and when it does it might hurt you more than it will help. From nearly 3 years I can count on my fingers how many times angry magic has saved me from a whiff. Though, I can't count how many times its decided to track a tree instead. Scrap angry magic completely. Replace it with a new node. This new node now makes it so that when you are under the effects of energy drain; all kills generate an orb of light. [/spoiler] The hunger: no changes [u][b]Passive 2[/b][/u] Void mastery: [spoiler]it's a good node and does what it says, but again; it comes off as lack luster. Allow it to do what it does now, and on top of that; allow it to suppress targets caught in vortex abilities (similar to a dusk bow suppression) [/spoiler] Bloom: [spoiler]as I said, I love explosions, but ever since the energy drain changes; there is no reason to use it over embrace the void. Make it so bloom still explodes enemies killed by your abilities, but as well, any enemies killed by your abilities -and/or by the bloom explosion - generate an orb of light[/spoiler] Embrace the void: no changes Tell me what you think, and criticism is welcomed. Now, I don't fathom ALL of these changes should occur (especially the melee ones). I just want my favorite subclass to have a little bit more love. This will allot voidwalker users to not only have the vampiric build, but others that are just as effective. In substitution; we can also have access to a zone control build, and an even stronger orb gen build. DISCLAIMER: UNDER NO circumstances do I fathom other subclasses don't deserve some love as well. Striker titan and bladedancer (for pve) need much more in my opinion. Though I am, and have always been, a voidwalker main. So, I wouldn't know the first thing to do for them.