Thorn is a powerful weapon, as are so many others. Thorn, red death, tlw, hawkmoon are weapons above average. But op? Not now. First two days on this Ib i played only with a vendor's badger ccl. Kept positive 80% of the time, outgunned thorns, red deaths etc etc. Also, I SUCK on pvp. I wonder what a skilled player could do with a decent roll of this scout...