Don't get me wrong, I love the addition of Area Denial Frames, they've added a lot of variety to buildcrafting and gunplay. However, because Witherhoard's whole exotic perk is basically that it was a Denial Frame before Denial Frames existed, it's become obsolete now that we have the legendary version, and with perks too. By comparison, Witherhoard is basically a Denial Frame with only one perk (Autoloading Holster), no origin trait, and a smaller aoe. In order for Witherhoard to measure up to legendary Denial Frames, it needs either a bigger aoe or a larger magazine, to make up for the fact that Denial Frames fire 5 pools with each shot, and it also needs additional effects/power to make up for its lack of a second perk and origin trait. Personally I was thinking its second trait could be Attrition Orbs, since it's so sought after on Velocity Baton. As for the origin trait, Witherhoard's equivalent could just be a damage buff, so that it does significantly more damage than a legendary. Then, once it's finally the equivalent of a legendary Denial Frame, it'll need a further buff to make it worth sacrificing your exotic slot for. I've talked to a few other people in game about Witherhoard, and one thing a lot of us have agreed on is that Witherhoard should probably apply a weaken effect. Not the 30% that Tractor Cannon and Tether apply, because that would make those 2 things obsolete instead, but even a regular 15% weaken would still be pretty valuable for Witherhoard, since its long duration and Autoloading Holster would mean that you could keep any target of your choice permanently weakened with very little effort or time taken away from unloading with your heavy. What do you guys think? Would these buffs help Witherhoard find relevance again, in a meta where legendary versions of it exist that straight up outperform it?