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7/6/2015 1:16:36 AM
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Thorn is far from OP.

This thread is aimed at XB1. We don't have your fancy Hawkmoon so comparisons to said gun need not apply. I keep hearing kids complain about Thorn being OP. I used to voice the same complaint until I finally received the mentor missive to do it myself. I tried doing it with just a void shotgun. It was taking forever. So I stepped back. Went after a void primary. I scored Atheon's before I scored Word of Crota so that's what I did my bounty with. It took me less than 4 hours to do the second half. I then picked up a friend to help me run the strike. Mission accomplished, Thorn acquired. I love the gun. It's amazing in PvE and it's fun but FAR from OP in PVP. I maxed my gun out. I get tons of kills with it. No more than Red Death or a good Scout rifle. I get more kills from a shotgun. Thorn has great range, but it has a pretty slow rate of fire. I get TONS of assists. I get fewer kills because while I may have poisoned you with NON-stacking damage over time, the guy next to me using an auto rifle or a scout rifle gets the kill because he's putting more rounds down range. If I realize I'm being short by Thorn and I'm not in a 1v1 situation, I rarely die. I can outgun a Thorn user with TLW and if I'm not in a 1v1, I run to cover knowing that a grenade may be heading my way. Either way, the strategies have counters. It's not a guaranteed win just because your using Thorn. If you have the time to post or read posts here in the Bungie forum, you have 10 minutes to research the Thorn's weaknesses and learn to exploit them. If you have a moderate fireteam then a wall of fire will clearly win against any thorn or any team of thorns. I scored The Last Word a couple of days ago. Maxed it out in Iron Banner and I'm in love with it. I prefer TLW over Thorn in PVP. I get more kills and the rate of fire makes playing a more pleasurable experience. Do I bitch about dying by Thorn anymore? No, I don't. Having used it, I realize there's a level of skill required to do really well with it. If you use that gun, you've earned it and you deserve to have one of the best guns in the game. If Bungie nerfs it then they will have basically p*ssed on everyone that went through the effort of obtaining the gun and that's not right. Do auto rifles need to be buffed? Probably not. Maybe a small tick, so you're guaranteed the win if you get rounds on target first. Otherwise using an auto rifle requires the least amount of skill and awarding people for using low skill load-outs is not beneficial to the community as a whole. TL;DR: Thorn is not OP. Earn the gun, use it and realize that TLW is better. End post.

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