From a Warlock perspective, Warlocks always made fun of Titans & Hunters for just [i]using[/i] Elemental energies as an extension for their weapons. Being a Warlock [i](as Ikora would say)[/i] is about channeling your inner Elemental energy, [b]Mastering[/b] it, becoming said Elemental power, Dawnblade doesn't do that, they're becoming exactly what they made fun of.
Heck even the [i]New[/i] Striker is now more Warlock than a Warlock since it about fully submerging yourself in Arc energy!
Dawnblade is still an interesting Subclass, nonetheless, but it just doesn't fit with [u]what it means to be a Warlock[/u], could it be from the result of their severed connections to Traveler?
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See, I had the exact opposite reaction; that the Dawnblade subclass made perfect sense for my Warlock. After running around Rise of Iron as a Sunsinger and swinging around Young Wolf's Howl, the Dawnblade felt like a natural evolution.