I think we should just get rid of gestalt abby

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5 hours ago, Gashzer said:

... the shadow side is a simple stat addition to regular abigail. It requires you to murder things to activate but it doesn't change the way you play with abigail. 

Gestalt abigail fundamentally changes the way you play with abigail by allowing you at full moons to swap abigail into a convenient boss fighting mode which is fantastic! 

If you can just turn gestalt abigail on for bosses and off again it would be too powerful and diminish the cool factor.

If Gestalt abigail covered for all of Wendy's previous weaknesses; nightmare creatures, aoe bosses but also removes her previous strength of AOE damage and control. Is such a cool fun gameplay mix up.

See you are a old school wendy main through and through, this is who the shadow side is targeted towards. People who want same old wendy but buffed.

Gestalt abigail is appealing to me ( a non wendy main) because now i can play Wendy aggressively during boss fights without needing to babysit gestalt abigail. And hopefully allows abigail to attack shadow creatures. 

But like gestalt abby can be that and more. What gestalt abby offers can be remedied by having just temporary form. So you can have your form and also the powerful base form aswell.
Thats what i mean about tradeoffs not just being a downside but as an extra tool in a characters kit.

This is why i always bring up willows affinity in discussion about abigail.
You see her affinity gives you 2 damage dealing options both doing basically the same damage. However, one benefits aoe and the other does quicker burst on single targets and has a further range. They are both just damage but both have a niche that fit into willows playstyle.
Some would say the shadow version is better because you can get more dps out of willow if timed well.
But lunar is great for clearing mobs on top of bernie.

You see these are skills that help the base kit instead of changing it. If we have to compare what gestalt abby is to willows it would be similar to burning bernie  Instead of willows affinity skill. 
 

 

5 hours ago, CremeLover said:

The most elegant solution and the one that will satisfy the most people I believe is giving Gestalt Abigail something different that gives Wendy a reason to pick the lunar path, even if it is too late for a full overhaul. I hope someone at Klei ruminates about this over the holidays and can come up with an elegant and clear solution on how to either add something meaninful to Gestalt Abigail or differenciate them both in a way that is more than just numbers.

I really hope so Because bosses are only 20 percent of the game.  and having gabby be the way she is just isn't worth choosing lunar.