Hard agree with this. It’s by far the easiest fix.
Like everyone who voted for s1, I had a lot of fun with that set as well. But anyone who believes that they would get the old set back are 100% kidding themselves. It’s impossible to balance. Survival has received several aura buffs and a huge 40% primary damage buff to bombs. Mix that in with the S1 set and Survival would be completely broken in ST.
However, the streets don’t forget the 10% damage nerf we received to Mongoose Bite as well. This does make the S1 tier set less potent than it was in S1.
If they decide to stick with the S1 tier set for Survival, which they probably will, there has to be some changes.
First off, it needs to bring some more AoE capacity. This could either be through bombs, that the butchery doubles the amount of cooldown reduced for bombs or simply a damage increase. Or just a big ol massive Butchery hit that deals roughly 200-300% increased damage. If you think that sounds high, look at how much % of your overall damage butchery is next time you do a dungeon. It’s not very high.
Secondly, the mongoose bite needs to be free again. I cannot stress enough how important this is for the set. The damage increase is a bit whatever but what made the kit good was the free focus. Without it, the kit is loses all it’s value, both for damage and just the amount of fun. The fact that you could get 2 procs of each other and then get an extra 3rd Mongoose because you regenerated focus during the other mongoose bites made the kit feel amazing. Together with the Spearhead talent, it felt great to burst hard during BL phases on bosses.
I will finish this long rant with two things.
First off, like many other players who actually know how to play the class, I will not be switching set. The S3 set is superior in every way. It has flexibilty, it adds low CD bursts and great AoE and ST capacity with the Bombardier talent for raids and extra crit for Kill Shot in m+. Getting the extra crit damage with an explosive shot is what keeps me subscribing to the game. The S1 kit adds nothing to any of the talents except spearhead. It is the less interesting choice, by far.
Secondly, I want to address this directly to the survival hunter community. What were you thinking voting for S1? You actually voted for a set that was destroyed with nerfs instead of what is arguably the best set survival has ever had? I will never understand you people.
