First I would like to say, this is a good post.
Next I would like to ask, and this is me trying to understand, from a standpoint of playing as a Warlock.
This season being the first I have started to try and focus on one class- Warlock
My understanding: since your post focuses on orbs and more so from grenades vs other classes abilities:
1. Don’t all classes have access to all grenades?
2. We all have access to all of the same mods- and then obviously pick the 12 artifact mods to be open- but if a Warlock uses mods that make orbs of power, but then a Hunter or Titan use them same, are those two classes just naturally making more orbs?
Assuming: all three characters use the same weapons, and subclasses- arc vs arc vs arc for example?
Anyways, just trying to understand as I look into the classes more closely.
One good example, certain hunter melee abilities can fully recharge per kill, so if you have the orb on melee kill mod you're gonna be making them more often.