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9/23/2022 6:59:08 AM
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Necessary but minor QOL glaive improvements must be made. Or they will never shine.

Bungie. You added them to the game. Now you're going to have to support them. There are several very small fixes that would bring them back into pve meta. This isn't something you would do, it's something you have to do if you want them to see use, because as many predicted, glaives were reduced to a one season meme. 1. Remove the replacement of the melee icon so players can see their melee charge, or at least split the icon down the middle so toy can see both. Do this on swords too, knowing your ability charge status is vital information and we need to know, no matter what is equipped. 2. This has always been relevant but it's painfully visible now. All movement triggered melees must be available, even when glaives are equipped. That ranges from shatter dive to tempest strike on hunters, ask shoulder charges on titan, and the teleport strike on warlock. I'm even going to go so far as the roll dodge jolt on hunter because the glaive melee is still a melee. Arc 3 is centered HEAVILY on the close range engagements that glaives are built for, but arc 3 also is very demanding of your melee skills in your build crafting. Which means that the subclass that the glaive should synergize most with, is also the class it most actively impedes. Most hunters will still favor liars hand -deleted-, but for those who don't a build that focused on bombardiers, tempest strike, and legal current, or of course assassins cowl, or either of the grenade builds, warlocks with claws should be able to lean into close range work glaive and their teleport attack, with their vamp gauntlets, or even winter's guile (for the teleport attack, don't think it's ever going to work on glaive, it would break things.) All titan classes should be able to follow up a shoulder charge with glaive strikes. And those that will say "well you can just switch off the glaive and back on." That's not the solution, and even if it were that easy, then it wouldn't matter if they removed the obstruction. For those who will say "well swords don't-" then make swords work this way to ffs. Right now there are a few very specific builds that are worth using. And there is no reason not to use them. Period. If you'll stop obstructing people from using their motion based charged melee while a glaive or sword is equipped, you will rapidly see amazing new builds pop up, I promise you this. Because maybe they won't be the most dps but they will be a riot to use. You once said if you have to choose between fun and balance, you'll choose fun. You haven't kept that promise. You're worrying too much about how players going ham with glaives will effect your idea of how the game should be played. These are issues where you have very deliberately chosen to stand in the players way of using the glaive in a way that makes sense to use it. Please, remove the obstacle. If this is a problem in crucible then disable the combination in crucible but let people have their fun in pve. I mean, bungie, I know you can visualize it.... it's all very cinematic... [spoiler]An arc strider dashes for a line of traitor cabal, her target, a phalanx flanked by legionaires and psions holding behind the energy shield for support. Dodging a hail of enemy rounds she slides between a legionaires legs, who is momentarily baffled, trying to reacquire his target, only to flinch as the huntress delivers a shocking uppercut blow to the phalanx, electricity sparking off his shield and then erupting from the very ground beneath his feet. The psions, he barely has time to register, vanish in a flash of arclight, he comes to his senses, after only milliseconds of stunned distraction, by the shadow above him, the huntress, having been flung into the air by the fury of her savage attack, she drives her spear down into the traitors helmet, his dying scream echoing off the metal walls of his armor. Turning her head she sees the enraged line of legionaires swarming towards her like angry hornets, their cesti blades extended, bent on tasting her blood. Her hand drops to her belt, her thumb jerking the pin off a flash bang, she does a somersault through the closing enemy ranks... Losing track of their intended victim they hear a beep beep beep, looking down as the grenade erupts into dazzling light, binding them, left helpless and exposed to the fury of savage blows that end their treasonous lives.... The strider stands triumphant, leaning on her glaive like a walking stick.... facing town the last of the constants. She speaks in her human tongue as he surveys the carnage in horrified rage... "you don't have to do this. The battle is over, go. Survive." For a moment he appears to consider the tactic, she adds, "You are Cabal, Your Empress may yet forgive..." As if the very word had galvanized his will, he erupts in Ulurant "FOR THE [b][u]EMPEROR[/u][/b], FOR THE CABAL!" as he charges. The huntress kicks the base of her glaive, spinning it like a baton in her deft fingers, a blast of energy erupts from the blade, and the charging cabal is no more............... and all is silent.. A shy, metallic voice whispers "did we really have to kill him? He was alone..." the strider sighs, her blade vanishing in transmat light.. "if he had walked away, he would have brought a message that there was mercy to be had to the other deserters, mercy to be asked for, perhaps granted. If we had fled his attacks, he would have only delivered a message that we are weak and goaded more of these fools into combat... better to kill the messenger than have that message delivered.... there will be peace, some day, but not by leaving enemies at our backs." The ghost sighed, as if very, very tired. "You keep saying that. But the fighting never stops." They look on in silence for a moment at the ashes scattered on the battle field, before the huntress receives a general alert, holding the side of her helmet, then pulling her hood up. "Come on, more troop movements, we have work to do." The huntress vanishes in a cloud of transmat energy... her ghost lingers that moment more, electronic eye surveying the battle field.... "the fighting never stops......" and then she too is gone.... and only silence and ashes blowing on the wind remain. [/spoiler]

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