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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1 ReplyBro raiden flux makes the parry into a block. That's what makes it exotic. Normally the super is just a parry, block an attack and counter attack for triple damage. It's not meant to be held for a long time, that's why it drains so quickly normally. It isn't that raiden flux should be standard to the super, it's just that people don't understand the parry mechanic. That rant aside I completely agree that blight ranger is a laughably bad exotic. It follows the notion that the parry is indeed a block, but doesn't have a slower super depletion rate like Raiden Flux. The exotic would perform fine if it was given this addition, but it could be reworked entirely too. A simple change such as having it extend the riposte damage window would make the exotic a solid A tier for arc strider alone. Personally, I view it as either the dev team not understanding arc strider or the community not fully realizing the potential of the exotic yet.