I’m still waiting for bungie to give us the tether buffs they promised us about 2 years ago. Bungie is pathetic. They buffed tether a tiny tiny little bit then said in TWABS they had even more buffs planned for it they would be rolling out soon and big surprise, they never rolled out the other buffs. Lol. Bungie is lazy, cheap, they lie constantly and they can’t program.

Arc strider. Remove dodge, and make blink one of the jump options. Boost grenade damage. Adds a shock knife; on precision kills, it chains lightning to nearby enemies. Precision kills return the knife.

Lol haven't been a warlock long have ya? TTDB is going to be neutered into the ground because Hunters and Titans can't stand the idea of something being better than they are, so instead of getting better, they cry to mommy Bungo who then helps out their dumb, entitled children. Say goodbye to TTDB. It's useless in PvE already unless you're doing jump puzzles or OOB skips in raids. Once it's useless on PvP too, the usage rate will drop like crazy.

[i]”When we can monetise it - we will drip feed/rebuild a single class tree for all 3 Guardian types, changing all current class perks into grindy aspects/fragments (that you’ll have to reacquire) - these skills will be untested, therefore incredibly powerful at first, thereby ultimately bringing imbalance to the core game/content - so we can nerf them after enough complaints via multiple patches” [/i] ~ Bungo On a semi-serious note, everything on a Hunter needs a buff Tether is appalling, & I can’t recall the last time I used Arcstrider

This community makes it out like every warlock in the crucible is a top tree main, very rare to find a beastly top tree user outside 3000 glory comp and trials...hel half of the time I’m usually the only warlock in the lobby, plenty of Titans and hunters.

The outlier's need nerfed

Warlock dawnblade has had the singular highest Competitive winrate since 2018, thats 3 entire years of dawnblade being the top. Not every class can be balanced for PVP, some classes just are not designed with a PVP focus. The easiest examples of this would be Ward of Dawn and Well of Radiance. No matter how many buffs/Neutral game changes you apply to the subclass, it wont make up for the glaring disparity that is having the ability to wipe entire teams with Dawnblade. This segways into balancing all the subclasses evenly. To create an example, think of when Recluse was around. Recluse was the singular best SMG in the game by far and if all other SMGs were buffed to its level it would have left other weapon types underpowered. The official term for this is called "Power Creep" and it occurs despite every video game companies best efforts when they decide to buff instead of nerf. Some Subclasses just dont scale as well with buffs compared to others. In a vacuum the idea of "Buff dont nerf" is fantastic but you need to remember that Supers are only part of the game as well. If you buff neutral game for every super/Supers that need it suddenly gun play takes a back seat (You saw this with Stasis freeze which the community was blatantly against). If you have one singular strong super/weapon, it doesnt make sense to change the entire game to bring the entire game in line with this strongest super/weapon. That would be like saying that Dead mans Tale being strong means that [b]every[/b] other weapon needs to be buffed to keep up

Im forced to use dawnblade not because its OP like everyone claims. I simply cant use nova warp because its garbage, I cant use top stormcaller because arc web is no longer a viable choice on pvp, the super has an actual ttk, moves very slow and has no range which means anyone with a shotgun melee combo easily trades with me or even kills me. I cant use bottom tree dawnblade because the tree has no synergy and the neutral game is non existent. I cant use bottom tree stormcaller because it has no ionic blink which means its even easier to take down than top tree stormcaller. I cant use well of radiance because its a support tree and not a viable choice in pvp. I cant use top tree nova because the nova is extremely slow and the neutral game is not that great, I cant use bottom tree nova because the super is garbage which is a shame because the devour tree is actually really powerful. What does that leave us with? Stasis which has an OK neutral game and strong super, chaos reach has a good neutral game and strong shut down super and top tree dawn which is the only mobile tree for warlocks with a good neutral game and super. Warlocks only really have 3 competitive options for pvp. Does top tree need a nerf? No, its only meta because its the only warlock class with mobility and the only class in the game that provides players with an aerial playstyle. Titans can have an air playstyle too but need an exotic to make it happen, titans also don’t have an air move to get them out of danger. Majority of warlock subclasses seriously need buffs and a couple of them need overhauls. This goes for all classes too! Not just warlocks. When was the last time anyone ever saw bottom tree nightstalker and though “man this tree is amazing!”? Thats right, never. Anyone seen a mid tree solar titan? Those guys are just as extinct as nova warp.

I mean, this entire time I've been thinking that top tree Dawnblade should have been the standard for light subclasses. Attunement of Sky required a lot more thought and practice than pre-nerf Stasis, and it had a lot to offer. I mean maybe when it's all tied together with the exotics it can get and the really faster super with tracking swords (not as strong tracking as bottom tree, but still), it can be a little much. But calling it "way too hot" makes me think it is going to get a HUGE nerf. I don't think a huge nerf is necessary. I may be able to get behind a minor tweak here and there, but that is it. Makes me worried about of the future of light subclasses honestly.

In literally the same podcast that they mentioned toning down top tree dawn they also said they were tweaking underperforming light subclasses and that more fundamental changes to how they are customized, in the vain of a more stasis like system, are also in the pipeline a bit further down. In terms of win rate, I believe that should be the benchmark. Statistically if one subclass is outperforming others in win rate then it's clearly an outlier. That's how statistics work. Now you could argue that they need to buff other subclasses to try to match that of top tree dawn, but that skew things even further toward ability/mobility focused gameplay and away from gunplay which is the foundation of the game. In the podcast they noted that they're going to be heavily looking at mobility tradeoffs and ability regeneration. It sounded like some all around nerfs and changes are coming down the line that would promote buildcraft and speccing and gunplay, which if done right would be a great change for the game imo.

Light subclasses are getting buffs next season. This has been known for 2 seasons.

Why is it getting nerfed? Because it's ridiculously strong. Icarus dash has to be the most broken movement ability in the game. Speed, distance, double dodge, and it pretty much makes being airborne which is typically very dangerous not even remotely a problem. Celestial fire is just stupid. High damage and insane tracking. The super oh god the super. The fastest super in the game hands down. Hunters have always been pretty damn strong and for some reason bungie refuses to nerf them and instead gives them more amd more broken toys as the seasons pass by. However top tree dawn blade was still better than any hunter sub class to date

It's getting nerfed because the air dodge is a super strong mobility tool. Personally, I think the only nerf it needs is giving it's air-dodge the same treatment as Cryoclasm: No more cooldown (still one use per going air-borne) but you have to be in the air for at least, like, 0.75 seconds to be able to use it.