Crescendo Balance Suggestion:
Make the Crescendo's damage ramp up only apply when the beam is continuously striking a mech. Against players, it should only deal its base damage without ramping up over time.
The crescendo seems intended to be a strong anti mech tool but the increasing damage is extremely strong against players effectively giving players a second gun for when they run out of ammo. Restricting the ramp up to only against mechs would bring the balance needed while keeping its unique purpose as an anti mech tool (which I believe will be a skillful trade off between the hammer when Empulse has a competitive seen in the future). This balance change would also make the choice between the two secondary's much more strategic because as of now the Crescendo seems to be the obvious choice for everyone.
Thanks for hearing me out!