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8/19/2025 8:54:20 PM
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"What it means to be a Warlock"
As per the recent TWID, I'm here to give some feedback regarding the state of the Warlock class identity in Destiny 2.
The reason I picked Warlock as my main since D1 was to play as a space wizard - and what do wizards excel in?! Magic of course, and in the case of Destiny's sandbox their core abilities. However, it feels as though the class has been slowly stripped away since the beginning of the 3.0 subclass changes. And looking post edge of fate, it feels like what I could do on a Warlock can just be performed better on another class.
Although I'm glad Warlocks are being looked into with the changes listed short term, there needs to be a look at their class identity as a whole to get to the root of the issue - what is a Warlock supposed to be? It shouldn't be just a support role, which is the direction I feel like it's been going over the years.
My answer to this question: As the class that is supposed to have mastered the arcane arts, Warlocks should be able to build into and empower their core abilities to their fullest extent. Let me be able to frequently cast cool space magic as the space wizard I'd envisioned!
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3 RepliesCan you not already spam your abilities on almost any subclass (or at least the viable ones), as well as having elemental things that do damage for you automatically?
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2 RepliesI picked titan to punch things only to get almost every melee kit I’ve ran get nerfed to oblivion. I run dunemarchers now just because of the extra speed boost 💀
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One of my favorite Exotics is Sunbracers, I love the power fantasy of throwing lingering molten suns at my enemy, or using back to back to back Lightning Surges during Transcendence. In terms of fantasy, we're not the best with guns, we're not the best with fists, we're supposed to be the best with magic, and I love when Bungie leans into that super powered wizard fantasy. (Not so much when there are four Wizards waiting for me over a hilltop, but you know what I mean.) I also like the Exotics that give my Rift more functionality; I've gotten a lot of mileage out of my Vesper of Radius, Swarmers, and the aspect that lets me give Arc Souls to my allies. You're not going for the support style, but I just think it's cool when I can use my rift for offensive purposes, give it more functionality. But yeah, Titans have fists, Hunters have knives, Warlocks have space magic, masters of the arcane, Doctor Strange, Gandalf, the Avatar, war mages.
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For me warlock means space magic i want stronger grenades better and faster at casting rifts way stronger supers cause right now they are only for add clear i want on harder difficulties my nova bomb can one shot kill a stunned champion we need faster jumping cause we are sitting ducks when we jump its to slow.
