Like? High impact low rate of fire is the best archetype for pulse rifles in both bve and pvp. The timepiece or oversoul has nothing on messenger. And the timepiece was my first 365 weapon. I used that thing forever until I got my messenger then never touched it again.

No they are not. Dps is lower and their clip is smaller. OE has slightly faster reload, a bigger clip and full auto, therefore it dish out more dps. It's simple.

Full auto is irrelevant. Messenger > timepiece > oversoul. Messenger just hits far harder. It has more total damage per clip than either of the other two. One burse of messenger is worth about 3 bursts of the others.

Can someone tell this guy that he is wrong?

I could say the same to you. I have extensively used the timepiece (it was my favorite weapon) and know first hand it doesnt compare to the messenger.

This paragraph says it all: You’ll be reloading frequently, with no buff to how fast you can do this short of using Flared Magwell or Pulse Rifle Reload Gloves. Even with Flared Magwell, now you have not-so-great Stability, and the low Magazine Size of 24 to contend with. The slow RoF is a big enough penalty that even with your relatively hard Impact, you’ll do less DPS than the faster-firing alternatives that you could roll with more PvE-friendly perks. Really, the only way we’d recommend using The Messenger in generic PvE content is with a Solar or Void Adept specialization.