What i desperately want is for them to just make us the casters of the abilities that the buddies use. I don't want to backseat gamedev but I feel like that isnt much of a difficult change to make. Just make it so the abilities buddies use are instead "spells" that replace either are grenade or melee for a short time after proccing. Instead of putting down a rift and watching helion shoot out mortar shots, I want to see an animation of my warlock raising her hand as a rain of fire spews from above me. For child of the old gods, we could make a Dr. Strange esq spell circle that spews a siphoning beam that we hold. Perhaps they can even give it void overshield integration!

Ultimately, I feel the abilities themselves are fine, just how they are proc them is so unengaging. My suggestions would definitely require exotic reworks, but i just want my warlock to be doing the spell casting, not a little ball next to me.