I don't often join in on the post-patch Bungie-bash sessions, but I can't hold my tongue. I watched part of the Twitch stream in which Bungie discussed the sandbox changes and the rationale for implementing said changes. During the stream, one of the sandbox developers (I don't remember the gentleman's name) stated that the choice to change Hungering Blade was based upon his own personal experiences, rather than being based upon input from the player base. I remember watching and thinking, "That sounds like a bad idea to nerf an aspect of a subclass based upon one tester's experiences." Fast forward to today. I read the description in the patch notes and was extremely surprised to find that 1) implementation of this nerf inadvertently caused negative effects to several other weapons and subclasses, 2) this fact had been recognized by Bungie, and that 3) Bungie decided to release the patch anyway! So the decision to nerf Hungering Blade appears to have been based on a single person's experiences. And by implementing this unnecessary nerf, many other aspects of the game have been negatively effected. Bungie recognized that this would happen, and pushed the patch anyway, and even remarked that they were interested to see how this mistake would play out! Guys...I don't even know how to articulate myself other than to say, WTF?