Okay. My main is a warlock and I run radiance. I'm never the first to die in any activity in running, (raid, nightfall, strike) but I don't use my radiance unless I die. This is because radiance is no where near as powerful as all other supers, except defender, when it comes to killing adds. Radiance is much more of a support super, also why I run nova bomb when doing lower lvl stuff. I'm happy to self Rez in a hard VOG and keep hitting atheon, I'm sorry it's such a crutch to you.