Quote Originally Posted by Cynric View Post
Well not just that right but the change to the basic combo was also problematic too as well as the buff timer changes.
The change to the basic combo was because NG was removed, though. The removal of NG meant that the second combo starter had to do something different now. It also automatically meant that Dreadwinder (now Vicewinder) lost a lot of its interaction with the rest of the kit. Really, everything you wrote in your long post, which, just to be clear I fully agree with, is the result of the removal of NG. This is the sentiment I have about the changes.

Its just the fact that the devs wanting to remove NG has completely cascaded over the entirety of Vipers kit. Does not help that people claim it still plays the same, usually those are the people that played it wrong in the first place.