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11/10/2014 11:11:56 AM
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Let's talk about Thorn
Thorn is a handgun that has a "damage over time" (dot) effect. It is an exotic weapon which can be aquired via a relatively hard exotic bounty.
Generally I am satisfied with the damage Thorn has. But it is not the damage that makes me think that Thorn should not be an exotic weapon. It has 6 bullets in a magazine and a reload time out of hell.
The general situation in pvp for me is the following:
There is an enemy. I shoot at him, I miss once but the enemy is dead. I now have 2 bullets left. Too few shots to kill a second enemy. I cannot reload because it almost takes 3 seconds to do so. So I have to switch weapons while going into cover.
Even if I manage to survive that I can only switch back to my Thorn when there is absolutely nothing arround me. Now I have to switch weapons AND have to reload. This is arround 4 seconds now where I am cursed to wait..
If I compare Thorn to Lord High Fixer, I cannot say that Thorn is better. It should be. It is exotic and takes much more effort to get it than any other exotic I know.
In PvE I think the weapon lacks of DPS.
What are your opinions about that weapon?
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I love using thorn in PvP. Like others said you should use the send it perk as that seems far more useful than the stability. As for the reload time, you can take it down a little by canceling out of the animation part way through. Watch when you reload, your bullet counter will change to 6 right when your character shoves the bullets in the chamber. There is more animation after that but you can stop it by using melee or you can start a short sprint which is even faster (since you don't need to watch the melee animation) With some practice you will be able to do it consistently in crucible, try it out on patrol or something until you get comfortable.
