Is Social Distancing a chase down tool now? You state the change was to ensure the skill would be used for zoning, but allowing players to throw it without interrupting movement makes it a better chase down tool as a ranged root + slow instead. Skill is objectively worse for zoning now, and better for chasing.
Every single hatchet player I know is super not pleased with this change that literally does not even make sense for the name. Its called social distance and now I can throw it while running at people and lose my only real stagger option (feral rush is way harder to land)? No thanks.
I mean, Hatchet GS is gonna have a blast chasing down players lol
Even with GS I much prefer having the stagger. It works better offensively and defensively that way IMO. Its part of combos used to kill healers, I can interrupt non grit burst abilities (like skyward) people try to use on me, etc
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Exactly, used it a lot to cancel skyward slash and healer casts, rip.
The least they could do is update the root perk and remove the 6m distance requirement. Its worthless now for zoning and purely chase. RIP indeed.
They should change the skill name to Social Embrace now lol
Melee is absurd right now. A lot of them complain about not being able to catch light armor. They have great utility especially hatchet and abusing the throw and zerk plus these crazy gap closer. Stagger is ridiculous so you have hatchets and great swords constantly staggering you to death. Remeber the pen shot… it’s the same thing but melee now
Yes some melee builds have excessive stagger but its not bc of Hatchet’s 1 semi reliable one. Its having 2 staggers and a stun on SnS, 2 on most GS setups, 3 full CCs on spear setups, etc
This is a dumb change.
People on the other end are probably going to hate it too bc I imagine quite a few current gs+hatchet players may pick up the SnS+GS after this nerf which is definitely the more oppressive build. I run hatchet just bc its been my favorite since beta and I like axes, even have a nice hand forged one on the wall in my PC room.
Thanks for the input on this @kbn90 always looking for feeback on changes, I will pass this along to the team.
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+1 to hating this change. Played hatchet as one of my main weapons since beta and this change feels wrong. It doesnt make sense and Social Distancing was one of the better picks for a 3rd ability but now its so unreliable as a zoning ability that its almost better to not have it. Hatchet chases fine especially when paired with GA/GS/SS. It didnt need any change here to make this a better chase ability, at the very least it needed to retain it’s zoning ability but if i have ANY button pressed other than s while I press this it just animation locks me in place (usually in a grav well or next to a zerg). Feels bad!
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