Merciless vs Akelous | Damn... 

It's not an option sir! :D

Well yea probably but i guess its good for the variety

yes but merciless is a special ammo fusion rifle and does respectable damage on its own

“Yeah. The 2 highest damage exotics in the game, one of which is a heavy with borderline infinite ammo, and the other is a sniper that shoots golden gun shots, both of which define a new era of destiny 2, would probably do better than this option that is only really used for solo Nezarec!”

Still hunt does around the same damage as merc, but you can do really good rotation with auto loader. the only problem with still hunt is the precision shot, if you miss your dmg will be bad. Merc can empty your mag really fast so you can deal a lot of damage in no time, pretty easy to use but it's not good for long range, that's when you would rather use still hunt.