Yes, threadlings got smacked. Warranted. Maybe catching broodweaver in the cross fire wasn't, but Hunter threadlings had to go.
However, max HP is also being increased by 30, and cooldown are being decreased across the board.
This puts increased need to spec into all three core stats:
Mobility: Dodge coodown
Recovery: Get back shields faster
Resilience: Get all the bonus 30 HP.
See the issue? Warlocks and Titans [i][b]minimize mobility to go faster than 100 mobility Hunters[/b][/i], while 100 mobility is mandatory on Hunter, and they won't even match the traverse speed of the competition.
[b]Warlocks and Titans can more easily invest in the better of the three stats than Hunters while simultaneously benefitting from ignoring the third stat.[/b]
This creates another problem - the primary target in Trials is the Zone. Warlocks and Titans can both [i]get there faster[/i] and [i]lock it down better[/i] via their class ability than Hunters.
This means Hunters needed builds to counter that, simply because they'd get there last. So we saw Ahamkaras. Then we saw threadlings.
Ya know what's next? You're gonna see a lot of invis. Probably invis + Gemini's or Arc with Shinobou, something spammable and annoying. Or, a complete resurgence of Stompees which are going to feel mandatory at the higher end of the skill bracket. (This is all assuming the next season doesn't give a new, annoying way to play.)
And if those don't work, Hunter usage is just going to fall even more behind void Titan and Solar Warlock, as it has been for like the last year, with the exception of whatever has been the favorite for countering those.
Mobility needs to affect spring speed and momentum gains for all three classes. There should be actual build crafting with risk and reward. 2 of the 3 classes have double rewards for ignoring mobility and zero risk.
That is not buildcrafting.
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Edited by A_mo: 2/17/2024 4:09:48 PM[quote]See the issue? Warlocks and Titans minimize mobility to go faster than 100 mobility Hunters, while 100 mobility is mandatory on Hunter, and they won't even match the traverse speed of the competition.[/quote] No one's trying to be mean and I only play a Hunter so I'm biased but this along with the complete movement rework was one of the signs that some important things just weren't mattering enough. Hunters had to come down even if it resulted in a new game. Warlocks and Titans moving faster with less mobility and hunters generally having one ability on one subclass that they had to spam over and over while moving like titans are supposed to. Then the accompanying hunter pandemonium. It was all fun and good but it got old. Hopefully hunters get movment back because its going to take a lot more abilities to bring them up to being as engaging in that area as the other two classes. The other two classes should have never, ever moved as fast as they did and do compared to hunters. Spreadsheet balancing at its finest. People would probably rather just have all the classes be cool instead of having it look like two of our dolls are holding grudges against the other one. Warlocks, for instance, were never bad on purpose. Making a whole class lame on purpose wasn't a good play.