Sunbreakers and Mayhem... (Destiny)

by Doooskey, Kansas City, MO, Friday, October 23, 2015, 13:15 (3415 days ago)
edited by Doooskey, Friday, October 23, 2015, 13:19

OK, so I recently posted about my change from a Sunbreaker Titan to a Gunslinger Hunter... and why I think the Gunslinger is far superior to the Sunbreaker in standard PvP.

The basic idea was that I don't think the Sunbreaker is OP, but that it seems that way because all of the subclass strengths are stacked on the super being strong. It is the best trump super in the game. In my opinion, and for my playstyle, I actually think Gunslingers are better, (I get a better K/D with Gunslingers), even though I do miss those hammers in PvP.

Well, I just realized something after a few matches of Mayhem with my Gunslinger... Sunbreakers will always rule Mayhem. Since it's basically supers about 80% of the match, and that super is the strongest - basically everyone else is at a pretty significant disadvantage. In regular Crucible this is off set by the neutral game being predominant, and other subclasses having superior or even skillsets. In Mayhem, it's super vs. super, and the Sunbreaker is in a class of it's own.

When Mayhem first dropped after TTK, I loved it! My friends hated it. The difference? I was running Sunbreaker. After running it for the first time as a Hunter yesterday, it was a significantly less pleasant experience. I actually quit and thought I would reserve Mayhem for my Titan (as his only PvP activity).

I am split here. I actually don't think the Sunbreaker needs significant nerfs in regular PvP (slightly change damage resistance, and slightly change hammer spolsion size), but I don't know what in the world would balance it for Mayhem. If Golden Guns always 1 shot, I think it would help, but I think the other Vanilla supers need a slight or major buff. (Is it just me, or do Warlocks have a Fist of Havoc, plus a long period of super with damage resistance? Who is still running Fist of Havoc?)

Anyway, just an observation... Mayhem is a BLAST as a Sunbreaker - the power! But it is less fun as anything else, because the Sunbreaker will constantly win and trump your super.

I have heard running Titan with Supression nades is fun, I may try that and see how it does vs. Sunbreakers. Although I saw some Defenders running in Mayhem, they looked just as scared as me, and then they got their bubbles popped. Poor little defenders - there super is literally trumped by every other super. That doesn't seem super enough for Mayhem.