Completely hottake here, but Champions make the game. Without them, there'd still be folk riding out +4 year old weapons because they don't need something new. [i]Champions[/i] help shape the Meta. Both with valid weapon archetypes, subclasses and Exotic weapons. I love the challenge of kitting around them. And since [i]Lightfall[/i]? There's never been more ways to handle them with Ability Spam and weapon perks. Better yet, they gave us [i]Opening Salvo[/i] as a Seasonal Mod. You can literally run [b]ANYTHING[/b] and stun [i]Unstops[/i]. So [i]Bungie[/i] has heard you to degree. What I'd rather see is the -50 Champs in GM Alerts get their health pool toned down. It's a fat problem when the only three builds for quick disposal are [i]Wormgod's[/i], [i]Hoarfrost+Horn[/i], and [i]Combo Blow[/i] builds. My beloved [i]Peregrine's[/i] don't do squat anymore. [i]Synthos[/i] feels really inconsistent. Grenade spam Warlocks can't contest them. GM Alerts are severely overtuned. But Artifacts shape the meta and the grind.