I've been seeing some talk about our supers lately and remembered this post. Self bump!!

I usually go for improving or changing the abilities that are already present in the skill trees. [u]Striker[/u]: --Death From Above has increased damage and radius the further you travel/higher you are upon activation --Shockwave, rather than a wave of Arc Energy along the ground, you launch a large, devastating Arc Shockwave from your fist in whichever direction you're aiming it. It would be about the size of those spheres of darkness the Taken Captain hurl. [u]Defender[/u]: --Have Bastion increase both the strength and duration of Ward of Dawn. Possibly by adding a second, but weaker, layer over WoD when cast. Alternatively, Bastion could transform Ward of Dawn into a large Void energy shield similar to the Cabal Phalanx shields. It could block in a similar fashion to the the Swords, and could be used offensively like the Phalanx Shield, or have a knockback ability like the Taken Phalanxes. [u]Sunbreaker[/u]: --Suncharge, if used while airborne, could turn into a sort of slam attack where you lunge forward similar to Fist of Havoc, but with your Hammer, or a larger Hammer instead of your fist. It would have about half--or a third--of the radius of Fist of Havoc. --Hammer Forged, due to the nerf, really has hardly any use anymore. Thinking back to the glitch that was patched a couple of months prior to the nerf, it gave me an idea. What if Hammer Forged could be reworked to function similar to that glitch? Only while stationary, you can rapidly toss hammers. This honestly would be rather situational in PvP, but would be extremely fun to use in PvE. [u]Bladedancer[/u]: --Showstopper could use a larger radius. --Encore could increase the duration, movement speed, and damage output of Arc Blade with each kill. --Razor's Edge, rather than an Arc wave along the ground, could be a crescent-shaped Arc wave that can be hurled like the projectiles the Bolt-Caster Exotic Sword launches. Maybe it could expand in width as it travels. [u]Gunslinger[/u]: --Dead Eye could grant precision damage for Golden Gun. --Combustion needs a larger explosion and/or the ability to chain explosions. Alternatively, that effect could be given to Chain of Woe. --Over the Horizon could maybe actually transform Golden Gun from a flaming pistol into a flaming sniper with its own unique scope. --Keyhole could have the added effect of increasing the precision damage of Dead Eye. [u]Nightstalker[/u]: --Lockdown could have the added effect of increasing the duration of Shadowshot's tethers. --Quiver should tether faster, and have a sort of stacking buff where if 2, or all 3, of the tethers latch on to the same target(s), they take more damage. [u]Voidwalker[/u]: --Angry Magic has better tracking, especially for Lance. Lance should be almost like a Truth rocket with Angry Magic. --Vortex Mastery should allow Vortex Grenade and Vortex Novabomb to slow enemies trapped within their radius. [u]Sunsinger[/u]: --Song of Flame could have the added effect of increasing the Recovery or Agility of you and your allies while Radiance is active. --Radiant skin could increase your allies' armor while increasing your damage resistance. --Viking Funeral, instead of increasing Dot duration, could burn away the enemy's defenses, like the Sunbreaker's Melting Point, when they're damaged by any of your abilities while Radiance is active. [u]Stormcaller[/u]: --Landfall, instead of being a one-shot, small AoE attack on Stormtrance activation, could be an ability similar to Showstopper, but with a larger radius, and leaves behind a small Arc Storm each time it's cast for a short time. Like Showstopper, it'll consume a bit of energy each time it's used, and can be used multiple times per Super duration. --Transcendence could increase movement speed and damage output of Stormtrance at the cost of a grenade and melee charge, instead of increasing duration. --Electrostatic Mind could have the added effect of decreasing the energy consumption of Ionic Blink and Landfall.

When I use Nova Bomb with Angry Magic and Lance, I expect a souped up Truth missile, not a glorified grenade that is guaranteed to miss. That's all I ask.

This would mean Bungie would need to get away from this silly idea of PVP being competitive. Either make it off the wall over the top or scale it back from true competition. This in between ruins the experience all around by screwing up the PVE fun because of PVP forced changes and screwing up PVP because of the unbalanced nature of it's supposed competitive game feature. Mayhem is about the only fun thing in PVP because it's over the top.