Until last night, Solar Titans in Destiny 2 were still immortal kings. Bungie generously awarded them the powerful Solar armor Exotic “Lorelei’s Splendor” at the beginning of the year. A few weeks later, it became the most popular Exotic for Solar Titans because it made them almost invincible. However, with yesterday’s hotfix, the “Era of the Immortal” has now ended, as Bungie has drastically nerfed the Exotic once again.
Which Exotic has Bungie nerfed now? Destiny 2 deployed update 6.2.0.3 to the servers yesterday, which actually only fixed a few issues in the game and also did not include a nerf for Divinity. But shortly after, Solar Titans noticed that their beloved Exotic, the “Lorelei’s Splendor”, was not functioning as usual.
Initially, they hoped this was just a bug caused by the update. But then Bungie posted on Twitter the addendum that the “Lorelei’s Splendor” had received an adjustment. They just forgot to include it in the patch notes.
A small addendum that immediately led Solar Titans to hang up their beloved Exotic in Destiny 2. While the Exotic was still usable after its first nerf, yesterday’s nerf made it only half as effective.
What changes were made to the “Lorelei’s Splendor”? In a first nerf on March 3, Bungie ensured that the Lorelei’s Splendor now only generates one solar spot when a barricade is deployed. If critically injured, it still grants a solar spot, but now also requires charged class ability energy.
However, Titans could still compensate for this first nerf, as the exotic helmet with the wings was still strong enough despite this adjustment – thanks to the still solid restoration x2.
Yesterday’s adjustment, however, was much more severe. Titans now receive only half as much healing from the helmet. With update 6.2.0.3, Bungie reduced the health restoration from solar spots from x2 to x1.
This change now requires Titans to die more often again. Both in PvE and PvP.
And likely because the armor Exotic was simply too dominant and powerful. Especially compared to other Solar options that hardly any Titan thought of anymore.
Bungie’s balance philosophy has changed: In the early years of Destiny, Bungie still wanted a “living game,” where there is at least one powerful weapon or strong Exotic every season. Now, balance is much more important.
The Lorelei’s Splendor of Titans was simply a staple among the Exotics that hardly any Solar Titan wanted to do without in recent months. Many even left the helmet on, when Bungie introduced Arc 3.0 with Season 18. This shows how good the helmet really was in the game.
Perhaps a bit too strong: The fact that you get double regeneration without having to do anything other than deploy a barricade or take damage was immensely popular among players. This made it almost impossible to die in PvE and offered the simplest method of application.
In many endgame contents, Titans survived almost everything with it.
- In the Grandmaster Dungeon “Duality,” where countless enemies usually destroy Hunters and Warlocks quickly, the Lorelei’s Splendor of Titans provided solid survival skills.
- And also in PvP, the Lorelei’s Splendor trivializes most Guardian vs. Guardian fights. Solar Titans also benefited repeatedly from the fiery heal of Lorelei’s Splendor followed by faster reloading and a damage buff.
- Only at the Strike difficulty “Grandmaster” in PvE did Titans occasionally have to take cover.
Titans need to think about alternatives again: After the nerf, the Lorelei’s Splendor has certainly not become useless. It still provides easy healing – just not as overwhelming.
This is likely intended to encourage Solar Titans to start thinking about alternative options again and vary their armor Exotics according to the activity. This way, the armor Exotics “Heart of Inmost Light” or “Path of Burning Steps” can also come into play.
What do you think about the change? Was it necessary because the helmet strengthened Titans too much? Or do you think the nerf is unfair because the helmet was just right as it was and did not deserve a nerf. Which Exotic do you think Titans will use now? Feel free to share your thoughts with the Destiny 2 community in the comments.
Read here which Exotic might be next on Bungie’s nerf list:
