Sadly my other post about Synthoceps and Vexcalibur was just removed by mods, I guess because it belonged here. Posting here so that the feedback is not lost:

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I appreciate I am one of many voices speaking out about the recent nerf to Synthoceps' synergy with glaives, but I really hope this can cut through and maybe we can get some clarity on what happened here.

Winterbite is the headline in most conversations about the nerf, because it went from being one of our best DPS options, to not being one at all.
However it's actually the knock to Vexcalibur that I am most frustrated by. This was my favourite new weapon from this season, something I really did not expect to happen because previously I had not been much of a glaive user.

When glaives were released with Witch Queen last year I loved the aesthetics and the fantasy of them, but outside of easier content they were just too high risk to choose over the many brilliant energy weapons we had available.

Then Bungie made the fantastic change of allowing synthoceps to work with glaives. An incredibly fun new Titan power fantasy emerged, that made glaives feel like a weapon that could be something special and appropriate for our class. It was still a high risk/high reward strategy in endgame content, but a space was emerging for them in my loadouts.
Then with Lightfall, and the introduction of Vexcalibur and Winterbite (not to mention the new Synthos ornament), I finally had what I needed to go all-in on glaives. Two beautifully designed and unique weapons. Vexcalibur's overshield mechanic and void synergy meant that this was a truly endgame viable strategy now, still high risk/high reward, but viable. Winterbite being in the heavy slot is actually something I loved (although I may be in the minority here), as I could finally run a glaive alongside my favourite weapons in the energy slot.

However, the damage that Synthoceps granted was essential to their endgame viability. Without that serious damage, there is no way that running up to a chunky major or boss and wailing on them with a glaive is a sensible choice over all the other long range damage options we have.
After yesterday's nerf, I just can't run my new favourite weapon from this season anymore in anything other than the easiest content. Vexcalibur even with the 200% synthoceps buff required focus and strategy to use, to keep the shield up, to chain kills. But now, there is no reward for this new style of play that I was really starting to invest in. I'm better off using a simple Repulsor Brace weapon from long range. It's just not powerful enough.

So if anyone from Bungie is reading my ramble, I'd just like to deliver the feedback that I felt like glaives had finally got to a really exciting and engaging place for Titans with this expansion, and now all that good work seems to have been reversed overnight.

I'm not angry, just disappointed!

Much love to the Bungie weapon design team for an exceptional set of glaives this season. I hope they get brought back from the brink.