To your point about the health, you are correct its only a small amount but I have had many a titan kill me and live with a sliver left which doesnt happen on the other 2 classes so they have great survival rates. The lighting grenade is the best hands down its great for zoning and getting multi kills, also great for prepping fast guardians who escape its range as it does 122 dmg. I still believe armentarium is the best exotic armor as you can use it with any grenade or subclass you choose without restriction. Yes sunsingers have a perk but it limits them to a few choices as i dont like solar flare in pvp and the voidfang vestment got nerfed it no longer works in tandem with gift of the sun. I play gunslinger a lot so the grenade skills for lighting and trip mine translate well. Trip mine pisses me off because %100 of titans survive it. Most warlocks survive unless they are running a minimum armor build (192 health) and hunter who run max armor survive also. So unless you stick them 9/10 guardians survive. You may be right about the melee but to me it feels faster, I just think it has the shortest animation so it feels ready for a follow up extremely quickly. The range of FoH could use some work I think It should have headstrong as its native range. Maybe its the way I play but I dont have trouble baiting people to come at me around a corner. No class has the ability to run out into a group of 2-3 and not get gunned down, even with juggernaught. I find FoH is best used from a flanking position, because as you pointed out head on you get cut down in a hail of gunfire. I also prefer using shockwave for those pesky guardians who employ the "ill just back up and jump/fire at you" tactic. All your counter arguments are valid, and in Y1 Titan was not the easiest to play. Once you learned its nuances I believe it is equal to hunters and warlocks in Y1. Although I must admit Titan was my 3rd character so I had much more crucible exp by the time i made it.