I tried it with braced frame but I was still missing shots. I went with rifled just because it seemed (to me) like the bullet's hit more consistently for me. I was doing my best to aim for headshots as often as possible and the extra range gave it a bit more accuracy. My point in doing these videos (I did hard light and Suros before this and I've just finished Monte Carlo) was to show that they just lose gun fights. Even in optimal situations you have to commit so heavily to leaving yourself open, that you take a ton of damage. Hard Light and Suros were two of my favorite exotics for a long time but, to me, it just doesn't make sense to run them regularly anymore. I think I might try to do a video on The Fabian Strategy but just a few hours of testing and it makes me really not want to. I may do it just to finish out the "series" but I don't know yet Suros: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybTEHP3oUVY Hard Light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfwu4rYiwZs&t=2s

Zhalo and hardlight are difficult weapons to control as it is. Their nerfs make them not very viable in crucible. And I agree that they require too much commitment. With their higher time to kill and lower stability, following targets get pretty difficult without losing. I recently got a grim citizen with counter and perfect balance + crowd control. I was excited but kept the bar low. It performed how I expected it to. They just can't win.

One hundred percent agree. I still have my vendor Haakon's Hatchet (with perfect and counter balance and rangefinder) and even that I rarely get more than a double kill. They just feel so useless. Like spraying water into a volcano

Dismantled that after I got tired of waiting for a buff. I think I'll hold on to my grim citizen and shadow price because... nostalgia.