I don't see what Bungie thinks they are solving by nerfing Thorns DoT. The DoT is not Thorns problem. It's the fact that it had too much damage for its hand cannon archetype. Take The Revalator for example, when you compare both of them, they both have the same RoF, and potentially the same stats except for impact. Even though it's just a sliver of impact, it still makes a difference. On the positive side, I only wanted Thorn for its amazing aesthetics, and I am truly glad that the handful of guns that actually compete in the Crucible will have new competitors, I myself have the vendor Vanquisher VIII that I've been waiting to dig out of my vault and blow the dust off of. But this is just my 2 cents.