I've seen some videos of it post buff and it seems to perform much better than it did. I think "string of curses" looks like a very strong perk in the Crucible. I have yet to compete the bounty but I'm pretty psyched about it.
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The impact is awfully low but the stability is great and it's basically an auto rifle because it fires so quickly. Because it's a pulse though it does 25% more damage to the head than an equivalent auto rifle. That said the string of curses perk is not that great. It doesn't add that much super energy. In pvp very rarely do you not have enough time to reload your weapon. And time between kills is too high to get use of the extra damage. I would much more recommend a weapon like oversoul edict