...but it really needs its range back. I loved using Thorn in PvE during year one, and it's still amazingly fun and nice to use. The damage drop-off is just too severe for it to be useful enough to warrant the Exotic slot, however.
Since HC:s already have very steep damage drop-off values, I don't see a reason why Thorn shouldn't have its original range stat back. This would merit its use in PvE and PvP. the DoT has already been nerfed several times, and hand cannons have nowhere near the range and damage as they did in year one. I really don't see why Thorn can't have superior range, considering all the nerfs to it.
So while the gun still feels fantastic to use, it's greatly hampered by the low range for use in PvE.
Again, with the already implemented range, accuracy, damage drop-off and DoT nerfs there simply is no risk of Thorn becoming too powerful in PvP.
Let Thorn free, and give it its range back!
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It's true thorn is well balanced, if anything bad and outclassed by legendarys. Bring back the range aside from the dot that was the only thing going for it, now that the dot was needed the range was the only good thing about it, now it doesn't even have that. It's only affective outside last word range, when u could just step forward and use last word