So, the Glasshouse is apparently not going to be receiving any kind of buff when it is brought up to year two levels in April? If this is so, I believe it to be a clear mistake.
The Glasshouse stands alone as the ONLY option for a Defender Titan who wishes run a build buffing allies through Weapon and Blessing of Light.
However, it does not do this well. In short its just a bad exotic; which is so disappointing as it [i]could[/i] be very fun and satisfying to use.
As you probably know, the helmet buffs both the Weapons of Light and Blessing of Light perks but does nothing to change the fact that only one of these perks can be chosen. The illuminated perk goes hand in hand with the helmet and also buffs both, but still can only do so one at a time.
But the real issue is that a longer buff uptime is a negligible advantage to offer allies. In fact, its almost completely useless for Blessing of Light entirely. Weapon of Light makes a [i]little[/i] more sense, but even then its only really valuable in a very small percentage of gameplay: namely Strike bosses and Raid Bosses.
In the other 90+ percent of the game content, the helmet is nearly useless. And the fact that you can only use half of its exotic ability at a time, and are then pigeonholed into Illuminated -which you also can only use half of- is [i]EXTREMELY[/i] unsatisfying and disappointing.
I had really REALLY hoped and expected that the Glasshouse would be buffed when it was brought up to year two levels -along with ALL of the Dark Below exotics honestly. Because they sorely need improvement. Its great that the Sunbreakers and the Arachnid are getting that needed buff, but the Glasshouse needs it too.