Bungie keep the passive guard as a obtainable perk like enhanced perks or just unlock it for everyone.
The damage reduction help with getting close+staying close without dying, swords are better than shotguns or any close range dps option and as a bonus swinging the swords 95 percent of the time prevents you being yeeted into a wall or off the map.
its a petition. Bungie pls keep this perk.
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Use that AoE dampener mod.