Honestly, it's the best Pulse Rifle in the game right now. High Impact, perfect stability. I have ben flawless 8 times and have all the Adept Messengers. Outside of the Elemental (That doesn't matter in PVP) and the range, the Hopscotch is better is every attribute. I see a lot of trolling in here about how it's a "poor man's Messenger" it's not, check the stats and then fail at troll posts. Even the Vendor Three Little Words is exactly the same as The Messenger. It's just better.