Pulse rifles will be the weapon of choice for top tier PvP now. Lowest potential TTK across the greatest variety of ranges. That said, anyone who uses then knows how punishable they can be. Missing a single pellet from a burst can doom you, so weapons like auto rifles with a more static TTK can counter them close up, scouts can counter then far. Hand cannon TTKs aren't being changed in general, only the exotics so at mid range it can go either way based on skill. In other words, the game might actually be balanced for once.

Thorn still gonna be a three shot body shot. Still gonna have dot that takes you out of the fight for several seconds. Still gonna be kinda broken

Hard Light hopefully

Bump

two burst pulses arent going away