Yup. Completely worth it. I have the messenger, and feel HP is superior. Also, while grinding out Dragon strikes for the Hopscotch, I obtained my second Hawkmoon, and a legendary heavy engram that turned into a Ghorn. So yes, the grind was completely worth it. And even if HP is a different gun after Sept, for me it's refreshing to see something other then a machine gun hand cannon, and a poison aids auto kill handgun wrecking in the Crucible till TTK. Also in the Dragon strike drops I got a Monte Carlo, Suros, and Thunderlord. Those 3 I sharded though. I kept the Hawkmoon, and Ghorn.