I'd beg to differ, personally I think of it as the best arc heavy weapon in the game to date AND the best arc exotic trumping the plan c (lol) and the patience and time. I also consider it a top tier exotic in the Crucible as its time to kill is among the highest of heavy machine guns. It also come with a very large magazine albeit with field scout but really who doesn't use field scout. Plus if never been outgunned by another machine gun when using Thunderlord and I've been on numerous streaks while holding it. But different strokes for different folks :-) plus it was my first exotic so I love it more than anything. P.S your character looks really cool.