Can I throw on Stormcaller or Dawnblade and absolutely slay out? Sure. The thing is that is reflective of my weapons, and not my abilities. Realistically, I choose Novabomb as it’s a one and done. I don’t need to spend the next ~20 seconds stuck in a super that is liable to get me killed. For most Warlock attunements, you simply can’t kill as much as fast. Don’t get me wrong, bottom tree DB is great when it works, but it’s too inconsistent. I’m not looking to maybe be able to slay all the adds in the reckoning. Stormcaller is also fine, but why bother spending 30 seconds killing trash mobs when I can just chuck 3 Novas in half that time? It’s about efficiency. Skullwalkers and Well Protocol are just miles ahead of the competition.

Personally I think Bungie just needs to calm down with Nova, like jebus. It’s Tether but everything is dead instead of just stuck in place. And it’s Galanors if they actually worked. Nova Bomb imo is too op to warrant anything alas really, which kinda does take the fun out of the other subclasses, you’re right. Titans are PvP, Warlocks are PvE, hunters are hybrids