You're kind of missing the point. Of course a better player will beat someone who is using Thorn, while wielding another weapon. However, if you came up against a player who has exactly the same skill level as you who is using Thorn, you will lose most of the time. It's for that reason that the weapon needs to be adjusted. Only slightly, but adjusted nonetheless. To simply say "I can beat almost anyone who uses Thorn" says less about the weapon than it does about you. Fair enough if you're a really good player but consider the players who aren't as good, coming up against far better players who refuse to put the thing down. It's a massacre. I don't want all weapons to be nerfed into the ground, I don't even want perfect balance. I want PvP to be an area where there are weapons that excel when used in the right play style but fall down in other ways. Right now Thorn is too good in too many situations.