Banes are better than Champions as far as "difficult enemy" design goes. Some of them are obnoxious though, especially Caltrops. Both them and Duskfield enemies are programmed to charge you constantly and that's what makes them a pain. The only problem with Hypernova is that on harder difficulties the damage resistance/health bonus they get when detonating can make killing them before the explosion unlikely. Not to mention all the other enemies blasting you the whole time you're trying to keep them from exploding can just kill you outright at those difficulties. I think you can hide behind objects to avoid the explosion but I haven't been able to get that to work 100% of the time so maybe not. Shield Drone and Front Shield are both countered by the same thing: Anti-Barrier. You can basically ignore these effects if you have an Anti-Barrier weapon though the shielded enemy does have more EHP when dealing with them this way than the base enemy. I never found Healing or Shielded to be a problem. Maybe you're using Primary weapons and that's why they're a pain for you? That says more about how weak Primaries are though than anything else and Primary weapons have been known to be terrible at even moderately increased difficulty.

No one these days can do difficulty right any more. Every time now it's: * As Tom Christie/ He-Man said, over complicated mechanics and bullet sponge bosses * Negating our progress without equal rewards * No cover to work with against infinite hordes of enemies * Timers * Inconsistent scalings * "Surprise" attacks like an enemy teleporting where they're not supposed to * Removing parts of our HUD * Or in other games, death won't be because YOU screwed up but because you literally couldn't see what killed you thanks to the 80+ enemies and 40+ particle effects and such on screen or near if not impossible to react to attacks What happened to actual difficulty where it was just more plentiful and/ or aggressive enemies that were harder hitting and more durable, but still allowed you to match or exceed them when the game had a leveling system? There's a HUGE difference between difficulty and complete bs, and that's probably all most games have these days.

That's one of the challenges of balancing a game.... An individuals idea of challenge and fun is subjective... That's why having a selection of activities and challenge levels is important... The patchwork nature of the games engine is heavily responsible for many of destiny's problems and slows down every and all processes to update balance and fix the game as a whole... And so many inconsistencies exist because the code is not compartmentilised for easy modifications...

They are way better than champions

Banes are a bane. 👈 That is all. Ease Springs! 🖖👻 MDGA

If i run solo content i don't use any. Just 2 modifiers like hot step and invisible enemies or blasts + pressure cooker and if i want A+ avant guarde. The only one that i really hate are the drones on content you can't change. 🤔 Not hard to deal with just annoying. Every other one is pretty simple to deal with. Healing, just target the ad with the healing buff not the ones around it, rage pretty easy to dispatch with any special, front shielded one any gun that has anti barrier does the job.

They're just overused. Unlike Champions which are placed sparingly throughout an activity.