I know Arc 3.0 is coming out eventually™ but it's kind of lame how many bad exotics there are to buff arcstrider. It would be nice if you gave it some kind of buff so the exotics actually felt like they did more than buff one aspect of the super to feel like it's where it should be at minimum.
It's a mediocre super at best. Bad in pve because the boss damage sucks and you're exposed using it. Bad in pvp because it has poor mobility, so much of your energy is spent just trying to chase kills. At least reflect in mid tree makes you less at risk being killed but it still feels weak, the reflect working just depends on someone not knowing any better than to just run.
It doesn't matter which exotic you put on. Raiju's harness feels like it does something that should be standard to arcstrider and the reflect. Raiden flux feels like it gives you better duration but it still feels like you're hitting bosses with a wet blanket not to mention the risk of death just having to sit there for so long to eventually get noticeable damage out of it. Both of these exotics are "switch" exotics. They are absolutely pointless to have equipped, and if you're in an activity that locks equipment you'll never use them.
And that brings us to Blight ranger. Have you ever made a more useless, gimmicky exotic? There is no situation in which focusing on deflecting actually nets you better damage than just doing a quick deflect and using the super itself.
I hope with arc 3.0 you're just going to make middle tree arc super the default for all of arc along with some basic buffs like more move speed, better uptime, no energy expenditure on reflect as standard, etc.
For the love of god, buff the arcstrider exotics to actually make the super impactful instead of borderline acceptable.
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Maybe instead of reflecting every individual thing it could "bank" up a damage charge. The more damage you take the higher this stacking buff goes. When you stop blocking, all the damage you collected gets blasted back as a burst of arc energy. Having some kind of indicator on the side of your screen showing what damage tier youre at would be nice. Maybe give it anti barrier properties? Lastly it should auto release all the damage right before your super ends to prevent accidentally greeding too hard. Just picture this. You stand in front of a bunch of ads and some champions. Unstoppable ogre is just laying the heat into your shield. Barrier sniper is in the back beaming you. You check the side of your screen and patiently wait as the stacks steadily go up. 5x..6x..7x.. You call out to your teammates to stun the ogre. Right before your super ends you sandwich the ogre between yourself and the barrier sniper...[i]BANG[/i]. A railgun like burst launches out of your now exhausted arc staff and obliterates both the unstoppable and barrier champions. Room is clear. +2 revives.