Hard Light is only considered an Exotic because it can change elements, but besides that, it sucks! The recoil pattern is completely sporadic! It does so little damage too, and it shakes like a wet dog! As skilled as some players can be, ricocheting rounds from an auto rifle, that has a shooting pattern that cannot be mapped, no matter how many times you experiment to find it, is extremely hard, if not impossible! Wielding this weapon as its intended use, is like the chance of a Dairy Queen blizzard actually falling out when flipped upside down, which is extremely small. Now, I don't have the catalyst yet, but I'm assuming, that the recoil pattern/shakiness of it probably won't be affected. I would like to see the gun be adjusted slightly, because at the moment, I find this gun to be nearly useless.