How is this different from a fast firing Scout rifle?

I don't know but if it really is broken, Bungie will fix it.

It does seem a tad powerful but doesn't the opposition there seem very unfocused? They're blindly rushing by and running aimlessly around corners. Nobody seemed to be taking their time or to be using their motion tracker effectively to pre-empt his location or movements, save for a couple toward the end. It comes across as a very lopsided match to begin with. So yeah... I'm not convinced just yet: I'd like to see it in a fair fight, or what should be a fair fight in terms of player skill. That'll be interesting.

Even if the other team was a bit lost (and probably pissed off at the score), he was, at most, 4-shotting fools. Other than a legendary/exotic hand-cannon, are there any other guns that can 4-shot a player with body shots?

Also, I didn't notice, but does the burst hurt nearby players?

It's a fusion rifle, right? Just without the charge time? Considering fusion rifles are normally a one shot kill, I don't think the time to kill with this is OP. The problem is this being a primary. Make it a special.

It wasn't body shots, it looked like 3 shots to pop the shield then a headshot. Note all the headshot bonuses in the kill points.

Also, most of the players are not even looking at him, and don't start firing back until he's already landed 3 shots. When they do start shooting him first he seems to die quickly enough.

If he could kill them before they could whittle him down with a good mid range assault rifle then I would be more alarmed, but it seems he was just picking on people who didn't know how to play more then anything else.

How you can't see that I have no idea. I mean presumably the guy on the stream is a lot better than you, and he's talking about how unbelievable it is, so I guess take his word for it if you won't take mine.

That hurts! :P I'm proud of my ability in the crucible. I'm not amazing, but I hold a higher K/D than the streamer. But this shouldn't and doesn't matter. I don't take his word as gospel because of what I see in much of the video and his over exaggerated commentary.

But anyway, for the record, my opinion has somewhat shifted since I posted that hours ago - since reading much more about experiences with the thing. They still seem to be across the board; a mess. I hope you didn't think I was directly opposed to the possibility that the weapon tearing people up was in fact over-powered. I wasn't denying that.

I'd still like to see it in a more even battlefield. Again, "even" in terms of player prowess, not in terms of kit. The game we watch is not a good example of this. That also can't be denied.

Have a re-read of my post. See if I'm saying the gun isn't powerful, or if the players aren't putting up a fight ;)

Sure Bungie'll patch it, it's not a big deal, but pretending like it's not overpowered right now is almost detached from reality.

Detached reality? I must be spending too much time with the Vex.