You’ve made Quill Volley so OP that almost no other build really matters anymore.
(1) Basic Skills → These are starting to feel semi-okay… but could use a little more oomph with the aspects.
(2) Core Cluster → Quill Volley, Quill Volley, Quill Volley WHAT THE HELL! This needs modified and changed a bit to bring it in line with the other core skills and the other core skills need to be enhanced to bring them more in line so Quill Volley is not just the ONLY build at end game. Between the multi-hit interaction with jaguar and mystic circle almost no other build ends up on leaderboards.
(3) Focus Cluster → These are doing alright right now… except for Soar. Soar has no place in practically any build. Even with legendary boots it just does NOT fit. The legendary boots should be a (x) burst multiplier when casting soar based on basic skill so it can turn into a finisher. Or add a multiplier when casting Soar. It just doesn’t have a place in any build.
(4) Defensive Cluster → Concussive stomp feels meh compared to counter attack, armored ide, and scourge. Maybe get some modifiers and a build for it? A legendary that gives it some real oomph ya’ know. Right now it just works best as a way to trigger things via runes and not much else.
(5) Potency Skills → Right now these feel very very situational builds even with buffing razor wing. Rushing claw almost had a place but it falls off fairly hard right now in place of, you guessed it, Quill Bloody Volley… Payback if you make it a core skill via the passive then you need to fully remove the cooldown off it. Also what are those horrible aspects for it? They do not synergive with the passives for payback and honestly a Kepeleke Payback build is FUN and it should be able to keep up with the other core skill builds. It CAN NOT right now and that is frustrating. Touch of death has a niche place and niche builds but again no longer viable. Please fix these!!!
Ultimates → The real reason people use the hunter in builds is for the Mystic Circle triggering. Not so much the cooldown reset aspects. I could care less about that as I do about the huge burst of damage that comes in to trigger the jaguar mystic circle. The protector and devourer just feel meh.
Mystic Circles → Jaguar, Jaguar, Jaguar… that is the only useful mystic circle but it is also so over powered that it is practically REQUIRED for every build. Some of this power needs transferred out and spread throughout the class so it doesn’t matter as much. Then the mystic circles for eagle and gorilla need to be enhanced. Gorilla should be adding thorns based on shield, Eagle should be causing storm feathers to fall from the sky. Make these a little funner and also MOVE THEM TO THE SECONDARY SPIRIT HALLS or add them as part of the potency trees!!! DO NOT LEAVE THEM AS ASPECTS!!! It kills an entire aspect slot! Actually… it kills TWO aspect slots. Boots for ferocity charges and amulet/ring/gloves for mystic circle. Just horrible aspect and build combinations.
Honestly quill volley just needs to be removed it is inherently flawed. the ability does the highest dmg at melee but has twice the range of other core abilities.
there’s no way it will ever become the least optimal spell from that design point.
Soar is great for levelling/movement/vuln proc, but agree, blows at end game.
Concussive stomp is great for stagger/proccing unyielding hits if lacking a comsistent activator, otherwise, yeah it blows.
I tried touch of death last season and a pure poison DoT build, it was fairly gimped. Yeah, need buffs
They shouldn’t remove skills. They should put effort into balancing the game. Rate Blizzard’s effort to balance the game. 3 out of 10? 2 out of 20? Dare I say anyone would give them a 0? If someone rated their effort to balance the game a zero out of ten how much would you argue against that?