Took me 3-4 swings to kill a single hive shrieker. It just doesnt do much damage and since it doesn't refund energy or let you dive whenever you want, it just goes out very quickly.
At this point I would actually get more use out of Radiance, granted it still empowered your melee ability damage. Even though we have sunbracers for solar grenades and starfire for fusions, being able to use all your abilities very quickly would still be fun. We even have class abilities you can mix in there.
You could potentially do a lot with radiance in fact. There used to be a perk called "song of flame" which boosted allies regens (but noone ever saw it use since it was difficult to see and many ran self revive. It could even have a special bonus where buffing/healing allies could extend the duration of it if you wanted.
Of course I wouldn't want Self revive back. It broke mechanics and people always used to just sit on it all day without using their super.
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I went back and played D1 earlier this year. Radiance is not as good as anyone recalls. We're so much more powerful now it's stupid.