Why are we all farming like crazy again? (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Monday, June 20, 2016, 01:24 (3172 days ago) @ Claude Errera

I feel like I'm missing something here...
What exactly makes Grasp of Malok so darn desirable?

I got one last night with Red Dot OES, Rangefinder, Grenadier, and a choice of Hand Laid Stock or Perfect Balance. Not the "perfect" roll, but pretty darn good. Took it into Crucible for an hour or so, and I'm totally convinced that it is inferior to the vendor Hawksaw in every significant way. Less range and stability, less impact. It has a slightly higher RoF and mag size, but the RoF does not make up for the lower impact. Technically, Grasp and Hawksaw can both 3-shot-kill, but the difference in impact means you need to land 3 perfect shots with the grasp to kill. Hawksaw is more forgiving, meaning you can get 3-shot-kills more often. The grasp almost always requires 4 shots.

So it has a slower average time to kill, and most perk rolls will also have less range and stability than the Hawksaw we can just go buy from the vendor.

Am I missing something?

I played with mine for two nights in crucible, and ran up against a bunch of Hawksaws. One guy consistently beat me... but except for him, I won almost all my Hawksaw/GoM 1v1s. Maybe on paper it's inferior to the Hawksaw... but in real play, not so much. :)

Maybe it's my roll, or maybe it just doesn't click with me for some reason, but I was doing way better after switching to my Hawksaw. I'm probably not the best judge though... Fast RoF Pulse Rifles have never been my strongest weapons. It's just not an archetype I do well with. I'm just a bit confused by the enthusiasm to grind for a weapon that is so similar (I'd argue slightly worse) than another gun that has been available at the vendor for 2 months now. No big deal, just curious how others are finding it :-/