User blog:Derp2000/Exotic Review: Red Death

Red Death, the 2nd overpowered weapon in PvE, behind Gjallarhorn (My Opinion)

Red Death is a exotic pulse rifle that can be found in loot drops, legendary engrams, and Xur for 23 strange coins. The weapon perks are: Unflinching and "Red Death". With the last perk to be able to kill and steal life, breaks the law of the "Presence of Crota" (Can't gain health).

PvE Wise:

If you don't have Gjallarhorn, then this is the 2nd best weapon to use. The gun does very good impact: Rate of Fire ratio. The range is normal for a pulse rifle, stability is normal, and reload is balance. The perks though, makes it overpowered in PvE. With gaining health with a kill, not persicion, but normal, will give you total health recovery, is a beast in Crota's End. When you have low health and you have this weapon fully upgraded, you will become virtually invincible because you're gaining health while killing off Acolytes/Thralls/Knights/Wizrds/ you get the Idea. With the equal ammount of ammo every time, you're sure to become a tank in PvE

PvP Wise:

I think it's still not in it's prime form. It does good amount of damage, but it's still not in the A-tier yet. The weapon does a good amount of damage, but with only 1 other perk that can be useful (High Caliber Rounds(High Caliber Rounds makes opponent's weapons hard to handle)). The Stranger's Rifle would be a better choice because 1st of all, not an exotic, so you can put other exotics you like but still have the good power of a Red Death, but still effective. Another thing it's that it's faster, higher stability, longer range, and faster reload speed pretty much beats Red Death's stats in PvP, plus Full Auto will help you not to jam your R1/R2 from bust. The Red Death though is still pretty good in the Crucible.

Overall, The weapon is great at PvE, but in PvP, some weapons just out-class it.