There are a number of inconsistencies with the Hatchet that seemed to have crept in over the past few months. I hope to raise their visibility so that they can be addressed in this Arena patch.
- Raging Torrent hits do not count as Light attacks any more; only the last hit counts as a Light attack.
- Fortifying Strikes says it counts only Light attacks, but it seems to count any hit.
- You can no longer go from three Light attacks into an uncharged Heavy attack; it forces you into the fourth Light attack in the chain. (This breaks a very important attack rotation for the weapon, which adds to the clunkiness.)
- Defy Death cooldown does not get reset at the end of Arena rounds.
Notable improvements: Hatchet tracking seems to have improved with the reduction in desync events and the general lunge increase for melee. Also, this was fixed in 1.4.4, but Keenly Empowered was not persisting after a weapon swap, but it is now working again.