Hello all - I play this game a lot (as a classic Golden Gun Hunter) and I have attached my thoughts on how to improve all Titan Exotic armor pieces. Please note that not all armor needs to be useful in all circumstances or be appealing to all players. Exotic armor - like anything in Destiny - are tools. Some tools are more broad, some are more mainstream, but all should be useful for a time and place for at least some amount of players. These are also broad and theoretical changes, some things may seem or may be overpowered and are subject to any changes. These ideas are also not meant to be rigid, they are extremely flexible and are ideas or jumping off points for better more engaging content. This is also not a post complaining to Bungie about their design choices or "lack of sandbox changes". Everything below is my opinion. Unless otherwise noted all effects are the effects as of 1/26/2019. Other editions can be found.... [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/agt19r/keros_exotic_armor_updates_warlock_edition/]Warlock Edition[/url] [i]ACD/0 Feedback Fence[/i] - Melee kills build up explosive energy within the ACD/0 Feedback Fence. Being struck by a melee attack unleashes this energy in a devastating explosion. Kills from the explosion recharge your melee ability. Grants health (not regen) based on the number of stacks when you are struck by a melee (1/8th, 1/6, 1/4). I think this exotic is in a decent place already for a Titan who wants to be up close and personal. I think the above changes would grant it a little bit more consistency and more uptime. The purpose here is to allow you to use your melee more effectively rather than using a close quarters weapon which is a problem, especially now with the way the special ammo economy and weapon damage is distributed. [i]Actium War Rig[/i] - Removes current exotic effect. Picking up ammo bricks immediately load a portion of that ammo type into the magazine if your currently equipped weapon uses that ammo. Picking up ammo bricks that do not correspond to your currently equipped weapon grant a small amount of class ability energy (1/10). Increased weapon reserves. To be honest, I don't like exotics that buff specific weapon archetypes for a singular class. Exotics like Oatherkeeper specifically buffing bows for Hunters (while its effectiveness can be discussed) I do not think is a good design practice. It "forces" players who wish to use a bow without worrying about it being strung too long into playing Hunters. While that objection may only affect a tiny portion of the playerbase. I believe it is a valid criticism. Much like Oathkeeper the current Actium War Rig makes Auto Rifles better on the Titan class. How much better to me, is subjective and wholly irrelevant. Because of this I decided to totally revamp this exotic. I attempted to stay with the general theme of the current exotic with auto reload as its main benefit, especially if you are using rally barricade. [i]Aoen Safe[/i] - Remove existing effect. Increase Cultist range by x2. Being near other Cultists significantly increases your Mobility, Resilience and Recovery. 1 Cultist nearby, +2, +2, +2, 2 Cultists, +4, +4, +4, 3 Cultists +6, +6, +6. Assisting Cultists creates an orb of light (small orb). Reviving Cultists grants class ability energy to both Cultists (perhaps all nearby). The theory I have here is that the Aeon series is a team-based exotic where a group of players make the decision to gain a strong overall effect by being with your fellow Cultists. Either in PvP or PvE this set of exotics may see some play, specifically in competitive playlists where some teams may find the bonuses worth not getting other exotic effects. [i]An Insurmountable Skullfort[/i] - Kills with any melee ability triggers health regeneration and restores melee energy (1/2?). I think removing the arc requirement is a good change to this exotic. It would open the exotic up for a bit more use outside of just Striker Titans. I also believe removing its full regen for a kill would be required if you were to open it up to all Titan subclasses. Because of that, I'm also fine with leaving this exotic the way it is. It fits a playstyle and gives you a tool set for constant use of Seismic Strike, Frontal Assault or Ballistic Slam. [i]Antaeus Wards[/i] - Improved slide. Sliding reflects incoming projectiles. Reflecting projectiles grant Super energy. This is the same exotic effect. No changes. This is a great tool for the right player in the right circumstance. [i]Armamentarium[/i] - Gain an additional grenade charge. Grenade kills grant grenade energy (1/5th) and increase Mobility, Resilience and Recovery for 10 seconds (+2, +4, +2). Since this exotic is simply gives you another grenade (with no other conditions) I thought it would be nice to give it another effect that improves your more neutral game. Since secondary grenades have longer cool downs (as far as I know, has this changed?) I also thought a little burst of grenade energy would be nice but I didn't want to buff it up too much to where other exotics focused on grenades would be overshadowed. [i]Ashen Wake[/i] - Fusion Grenades now explode on impact and gain increased throw speed. Fusion grenades leave a sunspot in their wake after exploding. Fusion grenade kills buffs the sunspot to last twice as long. Stepping inside a sunspot grants a boost of health (cooldown 10s, 1/4 health recovered). The goal here (much like the Warlock Starfire Protocol changes I proposed) would allow fusion grenades to be used more aggressively and to be rewarded for using them aggressively. Since a sunspot already grants ability energy I thought it would only be proper to bring them to all Titan solar subclasses for the fusion grenade. [i]Crest of Alpha Lupi[/i] - Generates an additional Orb of Light from Supers and a healing pulse when barricade is activated (1/3 health, pulsewave effects friendly guardians, increased area of effect). This is the same exotic effect with a slight buff to increase the usefulness of using your barricade. A small on demand health bump (and cover) can be quite helpful in the right circumstances. Given the other buffs to this list, another change may be required to keep it relevant. Or perhaps not. [i]Doom Fang Pauldron[/i] - Void melee kills give Super energy. While Sentinel Shield is active, melee kills recharge Shield Throw, which extends your Super on hits. This is the same exotic effect. No changes. Already where I believe exotics should be near. [i]Dunemarchers[/i] - Increases sprint speed. Sprinting builds up a static charge. After melee-attacking an enemy, that charge will chain 100% of the damage from the melee to nearby targets (includes damage if using a melee ability, potential chain-range radius increase by 1.5?) Damaging several enemies (4) with one chain recharges your melee ability. This exotic is mostly the same, just a small change in the way that it works. It is very similar to how other melee based Titan exotics are used but I believe it is different enough to warrant use in certain circumstances. Some testing would be required to determine all the specifics, but I think that could "easily" be done. [i]Eternal Warrior[/i] - Gain an overshield when activating Fists of Havoc. After killing an enemy with Thundercrash a new overshield is granted and lasts for 5 seconds. Kills while moving slowly (crouched speed or less) grant super energy (small boost to super recharge bar, 10s super recharge reduction?) My thought here is to keep the increased damage absorption on the normal Fist of Havoc super while increasing its usability for Code of the Missile. As such, I thought additional recharge onto your super would be a good fit since the entire exotic is based around your super. Since the Eternal Warrior is eternal, immovable, and "unflinching" I thought the idea of being "locked" in place for increased super regen would be a decent idea. [i]Hallowfire Heart[/i] - Improves the recharge rate of all abilities. Greatly improves recharge rate while your Super is charged. Kills with Solar weapons and abilities grant "Sunbreaker's Oath" buff for 1.5 seconds. Kills while "Sunbreaker's Oath" is active leaves a small radius of Solar fire which burns enemies (both effects last 3 seconds). Targets burned by this effect take increased damage. I think the exotic is in the right place now, but I also believe it is a missed opportunity to bring the Sunbreaker Order into the game. As such I gave the exotic a small addition and I think it would be a nice addition to a good exotic now. [i]Heart of Inmost Light[/i] - Using an ability empowers the other two abilities. Melees do more damage, grenades do more damage and last longer and Barricades have more hit points and last longer (25% boost to all effects). After using an ability your other abilities gain increased regen over 5 seconds (1/5?, 1/4?) This exotic is all about leaning to combo your abilities properly. It simply buffs your existing abilities and allows you to have your abilities more often, especially with the right mods or subclass. It grants increased consistency with your abilities which is why the effect does not seem mind blowing. However, 25% increases to all of the above would be a very nice change, especially when combo'd with subclass abilities.