How OEM functions:
When an OEM user is shot, the person who shot will be marked. If the OEM user kills the marked player, they get a damage boost, instantly get ~70 health, trigger health Regen, and will generate an 100 hitpoint overshield.
Edit: I said that the marked player would receive extra damage, which is just wrong.
Now to counter every argument in support of OEM.
"Hunters get wallhacks, why shouldn't titans?"
Truesight is limited to one subclass, spectral blades, and is incredibly rigid in its activation. You need to get a headshot kill while crouched. Meaning you don't activate it unless you get a kill, OEM is not restricted to that. Plus, it goes away when you shoot, OEM obviously isn't restricted to that. Meaning that when you're in a gunfight against someone who's peak shotting, truesight doesn't gain an advantage, but with OEM, you can know exactly when your opponent is peaking, which is borderline unfair. Truesight is only realistically practical when using one shot precision weapons, so either a sniper, or a slug shotty. It literally doesn't work if you're running a regular shotty, a fusion, decide to jump, or aren't crouched. Plus, it's getting nerfed into the ground to last only 3 seconds in shadowkeep. OEM wallhacks are significantly more forgiving and generally better.
"It only really helps if you're getting kills, plus you can just avoid challenging if they've got an overshield"
No. The wallhacks and the bit of extra damage can guarantee you gunfights if you're smart enough. Plus, you realistically can't avoid a gunfight with someone all the time. I don't know if you guys realize this, the game has objectives, that are time based. You need to keep people off zones, you need to keep people off heavy, or bombs in countdown, or off of chokepoints, you know, the things that win matches?
"Titans don't have any other competitive options!"
Yes, because Lion Rampants, Dunemarchers, Anteus, bottom tree striker, burning maul, supressor nades, bubble getting huge buffs going into shadowkeep, absolutely nothing competitive.
"Nerfing it will hurt PvE"
For those of you who do actually use OEM in PvE, it's not an issue there. And that's unfortunate, but the thing is broken in the crucible sandbox. You have other options to turn to, it wouldn't hurt the PvE sandbox that much, and it would significantly benefit the PvP sandbox, making the game better overall.
"Other Titan exotics are worthless!"
Yeah, some are. I pointed out some pretty decent ones, but this is an issue that needs to be addressed as well.
TL;DR
This thing needs a huge nerf, or a rework. Anything less and this issue isn't going away.
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People who defend OEM or bottom tree striker are the same people who defend Erentil and say it’s perfectly balanced.