I never said it burned for 17. I said 17 until recovery starts. If you try to take on the warlock, odds are that the warlock will at least land 1 bullet. Then you will burn to death. Still wasting a lot of time to burn out. You could increase recovery stat to reduce that, however, if you do then your armor rating will be within range of the warlock melee to one shot kill you. I shouldn't need to mention how easy it is for warlocks to land melees. compared to hunters that is. (I am not saying that warlock snipe melees need to be nerfed. I don't mind.)