We have seen two Titan Exotics get nerfed early this season, the first being Point-Contact Cannon Brace. Coolguy has made a great video on why this Exotic is completely useless since its nerf, so I won't dwell on it too much here and you can go check out his video.
The second is Loreley, which received its second nerf in six months and although I agree it was justified, it no longer does what it says on the tin and does nothing HOIL doesn't do better for a Solar build, as it currently stands.
This has become a recurring theme as of late, where Titan Exotics get nerfed to the point where we have to constantly fall back on HOIL, making for stale gameplay both in PvE and PvP.
I would also argue that it doesn't make sense that Loreley would get nerfed twice in six months but Omnis only once after five, or that the Cannon Brace gets immediately nerfed to the ground while Gyrfalcon remains untouched, when these two Exotics for Void Hunter are equally broken (Omnis are more balanced now since their nerf).
Furthermore, the prevailing notion was that Bungie wanted to move away from one/two-shot capabilities like the one 120 hand cannons with Rampage or OG Loreley had but now we have Solar Hunters with Radiant on demand from Class Ability, Gyrfalcon used in combination with weapons like Arbalest and a bow with Kill Clip.
My intention with this post is not to have a go at Hunters (as much as we Titans like to) but rather point to a problem with Titans. There is a reason Paul Tassi ranked Solar, Arc and Void Titan in the top five most improved subclasses, and that's because they needed the most improvement.
Well, they need even more improvement and the main areas to look at are the following:
- Buff Point-Contact Cannon Brace (see Coolguy's video for suggestions).
- Buff Loreley Splendor so that it does more than give just 1x Restoration from class ability/sunspots and modify the Exotic's description so that it reflects what it actually does. Maybe make it so that nearby allies get Cure when you step in a sunspot to get Restoration.
- Buff Second Chance, a relatively new Exotic that is completely unuseable. Maybe make that it so that it provides additional shield throws/better shield tracking.
- Buff Weapons of Light damage above 25 %. It should not be the same as Well of Radiance, considering the sword size for the Well has been reduced and made significantly harder to destroy. If not 35 %, make it 30 %.
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5 RepliesLorely's first "nerf" was a huge buff my dude.