I’d be less against it if Bungie didn’t say they were also buffing enemies as though to compensate for the surges and overcharges. This is in essence a nerf to anything that isn’t a surge or overcharged. So that means Stasis and Arc will be nerfed for at least the entire duration of season 20.
Where mods like Particle Deconstruction rewarded players for using fusion rifles, this is like champion mods, punishing you for not using what the game tells you to.
It would be less of a nerf and build restriction if Bungie just didn’t buff the enemies and didn’t do any kind of surges, overcharges, singes or burns, and only had the modifiers where we take more damage from a given source.
Yeah, my favorite Warlock subclass right now is Arc. And kind of has been for a while now. But this season I also spent time making a build and getting a good appreciation for Stasis. Next season they’ll be a handicap. Real shame.