I believe that the Fabian Strategy is underwhelming/underpowered. It's Archetype without being Up close is mediocre and upclose infront of an enemy, the increased RoF from the "Front Lines" Perk has suffered due to the Max Rate of Fire Auto Rifle nerfs. Not only that, but the reload is Slow to the point where you would lose the Crowd Control perk after earning a successful kill and reloading.
My suggestion is buff Fabian Strategy by Not Changing the Damage it does when switching Archetype via the "Front Lines" perk. I would also suggest combining the existing "Crowd Control" perk on the gun and combining it with another perk called "Feeding Frenzy" (Kills grant bonus reload speed) into a new perk called:
"The Strategy"
-Kills with this weapon increase Damage, Reload Speed, and +1 Armor (due to the ballistic shield on the gun). Stacks up to Three Times. This perk would be shown where I believe beneath or above the Kinetic Damage Slot of The Gun, replacing crowd control.
Of course, this just a suggestion but it would be nice if you could acknowledge it somehow with a buff.
Before I end this, to get the Fabian Strategy, you must complete a quest when you reach Gunsmith Rank 3, right after the quest for Immobius at Rank 2. Only available on your Titan.
Thank you for you time.
TL:DR
-Fabian Strategy needs a buff
-Make it so that you don't lose damage when changing Rate of Fire Archetypes from the Front Line perks.
-Combine Crowd Control, Feeding Frenzy and add +1 Armor into a perk that grants all three and Stacks up to 3 Times.
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Edited by Shadowzx521: 7/17/2016 5:05:30 AMPossibly make shots draw from reserve while front lines is active? Seems to makes sense to me and would definitely support the "guns blazing" play style this weapon encourages. Would be a heck of a lot of fun too. OR make double kills refill the magazine, kind of similar to the zhalo perk. Either choice would make me at least look at the gun again.
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They need to switch to life support to counterbalance, switch hammer forged To perfect balance, and switch rifled barrel to hand-laid stock. They also need to increase its magazine size by 10 and increase the range of the front line perk.
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It's so shitty right now
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Wow, this is a really good idea. Compared to tlaloc and ace of spades, Fabian strategy wasn't really that good of a gun. It needs something to make it at least close to the other class specific exotics, and a reworking of the perks to make it even worthy of the exotic title.
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Yes thank you!! Magazine is too small to ever ever use crowd control. This gun is the least equipped exotic in the game because it sucks ass. Buff reload speed, impact, or ammo cap so people can use this currently useless gun
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It definitely needs improvement. I would love to see that Ballistic shield on the front of it actually offer some form of protection.
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Completely agree , please do something bungie