It does pretty good in the Crucible, and it keeps up with 331 damage weapons in PvE even though it's only 323. If it were on an even slate with other exotics and legendaries damage wise... well that will only help its cause. Plus maybe you're treating it more like a scout rifle ( I use to do that). Hold that trigger down man treat it like an auto rifle. You burn ammo quick, but keep a primary ammo synths on you and you'll be fine. Full auto fusion rounds I take down lvl 30 enemies no time.