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6/19/2025 8:16:37 PM
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Glaive nerfs.
So in return for being able to get the like 60% boost from melee stat you decided to reduce the damage by HALF at a base? And then make Winterbites perk literally WORSE than the legendary counterpart?
Cool.
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2 RepliesFrom my understanding, the melee stat on top of more melee perks affecting glaives in conjunction with exotics is the reason for the base nerf.
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It made an entire weapon class useless unless you build into it. Sets a bad precedent. This is taking min-max and glass canons to an absurd degree. Can’t wait for them to implement this with more weapons, as people are already defending it by saying ‘well if you build into them it’s fine’ Which means if you don’t it sucks. That’s not a good change.
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https://youtu.be/FeBM8HelDAI?si=DHYie8eCgIVH3_KK Here is a very in depth and detailed-preliminary summary of all the melee damage changes.
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3 RepliesAfter taking a second look, Vexcalibur with offensive bullwork will probably still be extremely good. But everything else looks bad. Glaives were already clunky as hell but nerfing its damage by 40%, 50% here and there doesn’t make me want to use them anymore than I already do, which was already not at all.
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1 ReplyEdited by Eatz: 6/19/2025 9:54:27 PMMaybe I’m just awful at math, but it looks like glaives just got a 40% melee damage nerf?
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This was my initial thought… but after thinking some, there are some pretty damn (potentially) cool and better than current build options now. I have not done any exact maths yet, but I think triton hunters can get close to 800% boost. Void titans with mask of quiet will be close to unkillable with very easy to uptain damage boost+devour+constant os+near infinite grenades (while not as effective for max damage compared to current) and prismatic lock has few easier yet still really effective combos at least. We will see how it turns in practise.
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16 RepliesWell no…..because the melee stat is going to multiplicative(30% at max) Plus you can now benefit from things like combination blow and liars among others, that you couldn’t benefit from before. Perks such as close to melee were buffed by 100% aswell. The ceiling is much higher for damage, but you’ve gotta build into it.
