Longest range + auto lock You can walk into a room, look at the ceiling and melee, the game will turn your character and land that melee on a poor guardian that's in safe distance (or so he thought)

I didn't think it was an issue .... I haven't been hit by a thunder strike since the clever dragon was a thing

Because they are crybabies They would have cried regardless of the reason. They died and that is not acceptable to them.

Its time to stop nerfing every little thing the warlocks get that are ''OP''

Because people can't comprehend that every class has their own abilities... & with that set of abilities, comes a hefty set of each side - advantages AND disadvantages(shocking). This is the way I try to break it down best... let's set an example. Say, we're on Bannerfall out in the courtyard. There is an enemy player sitting in one of those little top cubbies on either side balcony... As a Storm, I Glide up quick, slide in and shotty-Thunderstrike them - they're dead, hardly a chance to react. Now, let's look at other ways I could've gotten that exact same kill, with virtually the same amount of effort put into it... I could jump up & throw a sticky. so that's 4 different subclasses I could've gotten the same kill with off the bat. I could've throw a wombo & A.) killed them with it, or B.) weakened them to the point I could push in and shotty them while disoriented from my Smoke. Which wouldn't require the grenade for the kill either if that was the case. I could skate up and Juggernaut the [b]f[/b]ucking shit out of them , or, I could get a shoulder charge up as well... I could throw a scatter nade w. Nothing Manacles if I wanted. Gunslinger is pretty much the only class where, in that type of scenario, I wouldn't be able to jump up and get a "cheap" ability OHK without much effort involved. (Maybe Voidwalker as well, being that nobody really uses Scatter). & you could still make that happen with an incendiary nade, or a quick handcannon shot+throwing knife - but those obviously take a lot more precision and skill than the other abilities I'm talking about right now. Aaaaaand that's the way you have to look at it. Yes, Storm has an extended range melee. It's powerful, it's effective and efficient. But the only reason it's being so critiqued so hard right now is because it's a shotgun meta for the most part. & because shotguns are so inconsistent with OHKs, Storm melee is obviously the most effective in most cqc scenarios...& superior to every other melee. But, then you need to take a look at the other classes and what strengths [i]they[/i] have in those same cqc engagements that helps balance it out...like the fact Strikers do 170 damage instantly. Or the Sunbreakers push you away & disorient the shit out of you. Or that nightstalkers can shadestep your shotty-melee and destroy you because if it. Or that Voidwalkers will get their health back on hit. Orrrrrr that Sun gets OV, or pushes you away 10ft... Orrrr that Defenders can get OVs on shotty/melee kills, that's stronger than every other OV in the game. But none of that matters I guess. (& I didn't list all the different possibilities, because obviously that would be way too long) Because Thunderstrike reaches too far 🤣

They whinge because they die to it if it wasn't thunderstrike it would be something else.

It's an issue because Hunters are whining about it.

People who compare thunderstrike to smoke and throwing knife are dumb. Thunderstrike (TS) is HIT SCAN! This means when you press the button the opponent takes damage instantly. This is not the case with smoke and throwing knifes. TS also had INSANE tracking and aim assist. Combine it with the fact that with feedback you can do 170 damage you get something incredibly OP. Combine this with a storm grenade which is decent and a OP super you get a very OP class

Can you punch someone with any other Melee 6 feet away? [spoiler]I THINK NOT GOOD SIR![/spoiler]

Throwing knives are butter knives and smoke is able to be avoided or ran out of. Thunderstrike has auto-drag and the range of a Matador with Crowd Control. What do Hunters have? A 142 headshot, 0 aim assist throwing knife and a smoke grenade that requires your other grenade to be truly lethal.

Because you have to do this weird thing called AIMING YOUR ABILITIES with every class except stormcaller. Does thunder strike have an arc? No. Does it require a headshot to get the most damage? No. Does it have to be aimed? No. As for smoke, the initial explosion does significantly more damage than the DoT that smoke provides. It does however slow you down if you make contact with it at anytime. And for it to actually be effective, you have to throw a grenade and the smoke to get a kill. [spoiler]I know I'm a salty hunter main, but I can't stand stormcallers[/spoiler]

While IMO I think it's probably the best melee in the game I don't think it needs a nerf. I mean their super can be devastating sure but really it isn't all that difficult to stop and their grenades aren't the best either. And if it had to be tweaked maybe just make it so it's not able to hit me when they aren't even looking at me.