So... this is going to be me mostly gushing about the gun now... so if you don't care about that, skip ahead to another topic.
So... Fabian got a buff, and it's a decent buff at that. With a range and stability increase that the gun needed, along with a added bonus to Front Lines, this gun has earned a place as a permanent spot in my inventory- no longer shall it sit in my vault at 280 light, now it sits pretty at 335 and as my near go to primary.
This gun at start made me sad, I was so excited to see that it was a mid fire that could turn into a max fire at close range. But beyond that it was never a good weapon, always out classed by other guns.
But now this gun is near perfect for my type of play style as a titan.
I took it for a test in the Nightfall, and it was mowing down targets with ease once Crowd Control hits... that ammo refund kicking in so much that by the time I was done shooting, I didn't even have to reload the gun.
A thing I noticed, that the ammo refund doesn't stop, it hits on ever 'kill' (IE Axion darts, environmental hazards ect.) to where at one point I ended up with 47 rounds in the mag- it looked like it gave you back almost ten rounds every kill it seemed. And that was enough as I was near killed enemies with at least two- four rounds thanks to Crowd Control. So my ammo count was just growing higher.
It really fits with my play style of "Put me in coach!" Where I just rush in with a shoulder charge and start unloading on the enemies- Life support keeping me in the fight the whole time as my team snipes the big targets in the back.
In PvE I give Fabian a solid 8/10, the only real draw back is the recoil pattern- an issue with all Hakke guns really. Takes a while to get used to, but it's still very annoying if you don't learn to control it.
In PvP, it's still very average, unlike Taloc where it is a monster in both PvE and PvP, Fabian kinda keeps it's head in PvE really.
While in PvP it does great work, but it still has a problem that a lot of Mid Fire rate autos have... it's out gunned by nearly everything else. Even with Front Lines active unless you get the drop on someone, you'll get taken out by a shotgun or a quick scope point blank sniper.
So while I love the new and improved Fabian, it's going to stay as my PvE rifle.
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Fabian feels exotic now.