To preface this. I love the visual design of wings and would love it to be more useful
In my mind the winged exotic that literally has the tome of dawn (heat rising book) on its hip, should work with heat rising. Not against it. Currently it is practically unusable with heat rising as it makes you hang in the air whenever you ADS and fall down afterwards.
My vision: Wings as the 'I never want to touch the ground again' exotic.
New effect: "Tome of Dawn: While Heat Rising is active, you attract orbs of power and firesprites, and phoenix dive is replaced with phoenix rise."
Phoenix Rise: A version of phoenix dive that sends you up not down. First release a burst of cure (larger radius as dive to reach grounded teammates) followed by rapidly ascending (with the same restoration 2 buff as dive) while releasing a swarm of tracking projectiles that deal light solar damage and scorch targets. (about as much as the dive impact)
This would allow Warlocks to really lean into the airborne playstyle both Heat Rising and the Wings Promise
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Or just make it. While floating you heal nearby allies. Wings of SACRED dawn.
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I like it