Firstly, lets please stay civil about this. I'm sure we are all capable of this.
So Thorn was my second exotic I got, and its probably my most used weapon to date (TLW and Hard Light are catching up real quick though). So I was naturally ecstatic that The Thorn got a buff. I loved it pre-patch, but it was just underwhelming. After using it for a bit yesterday, I essentially said to myself ".....Mayyybbee this was a little too much." Don't get me wrong, Thorn needed a buff, but its like it got injected with steroids and here is my reasoning (for PvP anyways).
Reload speed was necessary, but the mag increase was a tad too much.
Thorn is supposed to be about precision shots, even more so than a normal handcannon. If you miss the head, you are gonna be dead. On paper and practice 9 shots in the mag seems too much to me. It should have been 7 or 8 at most. It was supposed to be a defensive 1v1 MAYBE 1v2 gun. Hit the guy twice in the head, take cover, reload, and watch the person fall after a second or two while you remain safe. Its reload time and mag size now put it closer to the rest of the handcannons where it is strictly meant to be offensive. Now it has all the added bonuses of the other handcannons AND its own advantages. Therefore, it has the added bonus of killing in two shots, large mag, and adequate reload, making it and all purpose, VERY powerful weapon.
For PvE I have no opinion as of yet.
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Thorn is the Hardest Exotic to get in the game currently. You need to fight with the RNG to get the bounty, and the bounty itself is a bitch. It deserves to be one of the best guns in the game.