Pretty much another Thorn inspired post... (+ other exotics) So many people say the Thorn is fine and not OP'd. Some add that other weapons should simply be buffed in order to compete with it. They also add that these nerfing cycles only destroy weapons and their respective classes. The funny thing is (and I don't know how many people have noticed this) an inherent contradiction within the philosophy of exotics. According to Bungie in one of their Destiny update articles (https://www.bungie.net/7_Destiny-Update---12012014/en/News/News?aid=12433), exotics are meant to “feel” overpowered but “are not supposed to break the balance of the game.” How exactly do you create a balanced set of weapons when specific weapons are meant to be imbalanced? I am not sure this is possible. And it seems that the weapons people have complained most about have been exotics (Thorn, Vex, Suros, The Last Word, etc.). All that said, I don't want to see other exotics be buffed (unless...). So far, we have had balancing cycles, not just nerfing cycles. Weapons have been nerfed but weapons have also been buffed (and the Thorn is one of them). Starting up a buffing cycle will only reduce TTK and continuing it will bring us closer to CoD's TTK. Now, that may be fine if that is what you like but, personally, I like that Destiny's pvp gives you a little more room to counter opponents and I would like to keep it that way in the regular crucible modes. With that in mind, I think (and this is my personal opinion) that exotic weapons should be removed from regular crucible modes. It's difficult to allow exotics to feel overpowered without denying fair play in the crucible. Instead, a new crucible playlist could be created that allows all overpowered exotics to shine (other exotics would then have to be buffed to match the power of the Thorn and more special and heavy ammo crates would spawn during the match to allow all categories of exotics to shine). This would be a mode where the objective is pretty much to abuse exotic weapons' power while you forget that you're also carrying two other weapons. Knowing that the exotics are going to be overpowered, rather than asking “is it fair?” you could ask “is it OP'd enough?” Considering that so many complaints in the crucible have been about exotic weapons dealing too much damage too quickly, this could make the crucible core experience a little more balanced while the exotics excel in the one playlist (or type of playlist like Inferno) with an insane low TTK. On the pve side, exotics could potentially even perform better because of their buffs (I don't think the minions of the darkness will mind). But that's just my opinion...