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Edited by TYBERIUS777: 11/24/2016 3:15:14 AM
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Let's Talk Shadestep (a buff to all classes)

Hey guys. It's me. I'm probably not as well known as I once was on these forums due to my recent inactivity. App glitches are a pain to deal with. Now those that know me will recall that I rarely ask for nerfs and usually favor buffs or the good old Supreme Butthurt response of "suck it up". But when I see something that's blatantly wrong then I have to speak up. This is why I will be addressing shadestep today. For those unfamiliar shadestep is an evade on the night stalker hunter subclass. Contrary to the beliefs of many, the ability does grant immunity frames when activated. This is why grenades lose the ability to track a hunter after shadestep. Axion darts will fly off along with skip grenades or swarm grenades. And bolt class grenades will not tag a hunter in mid shadestep even if they are in range. Rockets don't track the hunter and hammers will not arc toward them even if the perk is selected. Now this is a problem. Any move that grants invincibility, even for a second, should not be in this type of game. Especially when that move is on a three second cool down. It's wrong. And yes. It's overpowered and currently over used as well. The other problem that shadestep adds to the mess is that it completely removes all aim assistance on the hunter during the shadestep. This means that even if the person is aimed in on the hunter before hand a simple shadestep makes the hunter invincible and much harder to track. Now let's look at the alternative. The infamous Twilight Garrison for Titans. The garrison is a mid air evade with no invincibility frames and no tracking removal. It's an evade done right. My solution to this particular problem. Simply remove the invincibility frames. Easy fix. Seriously. This fixes all of the issues I've mentioned. Just make it a roll and that's it. And I know I'm about to get a lot of hunter hate for this but frankly I don't care. Because this needs to be said. That's all guys. I will gladly take any criticism or feedback on this post. I'll respond to any comment left. Good luck out there Guardians. Edit. Some people have said that the immunity frames were removed. They most certainly were not. I used a stormtrance yesterday and was shocking a hunter directly and he shadesteped and the word immune popped up. Literally as if was hitting a taken goblin shield or a phalanx shield. That's not lag. That's game design. And it's wrong. What if that had been a golden gun shot? Or a bladedancer swing? It would have missed too. Edit. Funny how those that have responded negatively main a hunter and have night stalker and shadestep or graviton forfeit equipped. Correlation? I think yes. Edit. For people telling me to link a video, I don't know how nor do I have the equipment to record and upload a video to my computer to post on a forum. I would if I could. You'll just have to take my word for it. Sorry. Edit. This will be my last edit to this post. Someone has just suggested that if Twilight Garrison and the new warlock exotic helm could grant the evade to all classes along with Graviton Forfeit granting an evade to all hunter subclasses that all gave the same bonus (twilight would still only work in the air but have the same effect) which would be removing all tracking rockets or grenades and the same immunity frames of shadestep. Then every class would have access to it. That would be a buff and balanced.

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  • Though I find it annoying that shadestep cancels tracking, I disagree that it should be nerfed. Only because, well titans have a jug shield that can tank a GG shot. Warlocks have insane melee ranges. Hunter have 'agility', which is a joke. Which is why annoying abilities like shade and blink are necessary evils. Btw, I'm a gunslinger main.

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