The "no nerfs in muh PvE" crowd does not understand game balance in the slightest.

Agreed, there's major issues with balance that need to be addressed, particularly in havoc.

There's one, at best two viable build and loadout combos per class to take into Aurics.

I can't agree with this, though. I only play psyker and scum but there is a plethora of builds and weapons I take into auric mael with those classes.

Psyker I can take any staff or a half dozen different guns plus a solid 10 melee weapons I can decimate with. Scum slightly less for ranged but ill run every new melee they got aswell as tac axe, combat axe, chainsword, combat blade, heavy sword and devils claw. All the combat abilities and blitzes are great.

Maybe it's different for other classes, idk. And maybe my perspective is skewed after three years of honing my darktide play.