Destiny 2 Hunters baffled by senseless Young Ahamkara\u2019s Spine nerf Bungie has revealed Young Ahamkara\u2019s Spine is getting nerfed in Destiny 2\u2019s upcoming mid-season patch and Hunter mains are not impressed by how the changes will impact PvE. The Crucible\u2019s meta is always evolving with new, reworked, and nerfed Exotics constantly coming and going. Take ST0MP-EE5 for example which went from a top-tier Hunter Exotic to a niche pick most don\u2019t care practically overnight. After ST0MP-EE5\u2019s decline, it was Young Ahamkara\u2019s Spine \u2013 often referred to as YAS \u2013 that took its place. YAS has thrived in recent seasons establishing itself as the best Hunter PvP Exotic in Destiny 2. However, that run is coming to an end with the following Young Ahamkara\u2019s Spine nerfs confirmed for the Season 22 mid-season update: Reduced the Tripmine Grenade\u2019s bonus health from 100 to 70 and removed the bonus 50% damage resistance. – Grenade energy is now provided on ability kills instead of damage with abilities. – YAS PvE nerfs haven\u2019t gone down well with Destiny 2 players In the October 5 TWID, Bungie stated it was nerfing YAS to bring its total bonus grenade energy more in line with other Solar Exotics. The developer named Athrys\u2019s Embrace and Caliban\u2019s Hand as examples of where it wants YAS to be. Referencing the TWID, one Guardian argued: \u201cThis comparison makes no sense since Knock\u2019em Down exists for full melee refund. The more apt comparison would be Ashen Wake, but Titans have access to Roaring Flames, so they have the damage ramp up to get lots of easy kills with their abilities\u2026\u201d Others were quick to agree: \u201cYeah I laughed at this when I saw it\u2026 like oh we just homogenizing the exotics now? Guess you may as well use whatever one you want since Bungies making them all the same now.\u201d \u201cLiterally every complaint about this niche ass exotic is from pvp (rightfully so), yet they\u2019ve proven countless times that they can\u2019t nerf an exotic effectively without butchering it in PVE (I don\u2019t believe it\u2019s completely butchered just much worse now),\u201d another player replied wondering why PvE was targeted. Not everyone took issue with all the changes, although the consensus was still that some weren\u2019t necessary: \u201cSo the health and DR nerf is a good thing, little sh*ts have more health than a guardian. The energy refund change is stupid and [Bungie] should feel bad for doing that.\u201d Although it\u2019s impossible to say exactly what impact the Young Ahamkara\u2019s Spine nerf will have it\u2019s certain to reduce its effectiveness. What is already a niche PvE Exotic will likely fall into obscurity as Hunters look for more competitive alternatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Destiny 2 Hunters baffled by senseless Young Ahamkara\u2019s Spine nerf Bungie has revealed Young Ahamkara\u2019s Spine is getting nerfed in Destiny 2\u2019s upcoming mid-season patch and Hunter mains are not impressed by how the changes will impact PvE. The Crucible\u2019s meta is always evolving with new, reworked, and nerfed Exotics constantly coming and going. Take […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}