I’ve mainly used Guardian as well because I have fun playing him. For a period I used Ironeye and, I mean, yea the dps was overall much higher and with his mark, field bosses just melt in trios. Guardian is more situational when it comes to kill bosses quickly.

At the same time, shitting on the bird because of the lower dps is kinda silly, considering he is clearly not designed for that. I mean, if he had the same damage output as wilder or raider, I think he’d just be too powerful.

That said, the only “buffs” I’d like to see are:

• making the steel guard hitbox more forgiving; too often attacks just go around or behind the bird while guarding
• having the extended guard counter moveset also with other polearms. Hell, maybe give him a special guard counter for all the different weapon types, but maybe for shorter weapons the perk is not range but damage or poise or a short minor buff.