To be honest, I think it is broken. However, having said that it does end up providing a bit of balance in PvP. Whether that's incidental or by design, only Bungie will know. Put it this way: If you're dominating 30 to 1 every game, why should you automatically be handed the tools to go 50 to 1 every game? In PvP, rewarding the ones who do poorly actually starts to provide a chance for balance. They still have to do better, but look, they have a gun that can help with that. PvE on the other hand: That Cryptarch is starting to warrant being thrown off The Tower.