I logged-in just to post this. Sidearm being the only weapon that can be anti-barrier this season really sucks! Running around in a Nightfall with Drang feels idiotic.

Just remove champions from the game.

Every artifact should include TWO weapons for each type of champ to counter. That would provide more options and build diversity.

Honestly, moving forward, every champion needs at least two different weapons of varied usability (so not bows and sidearms for the same champion for example)

I just don’t like champions

[quote]Why was this decision made? Yes, I know Radiant is Anti-barrier, but relying on it Solo isn't practical. I have to rely on an exotic with Anti-barrier, or get up close with a sidearm, but get crushed. I managed to do it on Concealed Void lost sector on legendary with Polaris Lance just to test it, but I got lucky. I don't want to try it again. New Lights don't stand a chance. EDIT: there is entertainment value in reading the comments of this post. It appears alot of folks read the title, but not the post. Some folks even overlooked a key word I used: "SOLO". To the several morons(or D2 Gods) that say its easy to just use any solar weapon and proc radiant to get anti-barrier. Go try it SOLO in Legendary or Master content before commenting.[/quote] Not practical is generous, I'd like to hear how enjoyable it was for anyone to run thrilladrome on master not using wishender or the other intrinsics

Flint Striker - Rapid precision hits or final blows with solar weapons grants radiant. Radiant lets any weapons without another champion function stun barrier champs. This is basically solar weapon anti-barrier. Arbalest and Wish Ender are both still very good. Revision Zero is feeling much better after the buff to its Alt-Fire. Eriana’s is decent but not crazy. Forerunner is also very good as an anti-champ weapon with barrier sidearm.

I feel like there should always be two mods for each champ type. That being said, probably just going to use Wishender anyway. And then that being said, I kind of don’t want that to be the one and only barrier go to weapon. Which I feel is even more likely because with the ability nerfs I’m more likely to stay back and plink away. Which they said they don’t like in the past….even though they’re nerfing our ability to control ads and stay alive up close in high end content. I have no idea what they expect anymore. It’s just a constant cycle of nerf buff nerf buff and it’s never balanced. How about you just let people play the way they want to? If they like CQB, let them be powerful in CQB(why do you hate melee Bungie?). If they like to stay ranged and pick enemies off, let them do that. Diversity of play styles among a team is better than everyone speccing into survivability and plinking away with ranged weapons. What do we have abilities for if you neef their reliability to clear ads up close in high end content?

There is a sidearm mod? *Nocks another arrow in my Wishender.

I mean, I have solo procked radiant, and it's pretty easy. Also your forgetting that, stasis can be easily used to prevent barriers from popping shields, then you got suspend from strand if cycled right also works. Then thiers a variety of easy ways to get volatile rounds going, then you have foetracer and the new dungeon legendary side arms that can two to three break barrier shields, and are really good at a distance, then you got side arms similar to buzzard that are good at range. Then you got final warning that can insta break barriers in gm content with a full charge burst, plus final warning gets barrier whenever you prock unraveling, which is easy to do, and easier this season, and ease of use to use on other subclasses.

For me the bigger issue is that there are no anti-champion mods on the artifact for ANY special weapon types (except the odd ones like eriannas vow and forerunner that break the mold). Options are just too limited

Use forerunner

I'm a warlock this is a nothing issue. I have my Ring of Fire and my Vex. 1 head shot to any red bar = barrier breaker and this applies to all weapons. I can even become radiant while rocking my Arc subclass thanks to my pantaloons. In short equip 1 solar weapon and hit that head shot. Flint Breaker (artifact)

You should try the warlord ruin sidearm. Long range “rocket”. Pretty sure this gun was the reason for it.