Thorn is a problem once again and people are up in arms about how it should be nerfed. The trouble is nerfing any weapon is like surgery and you don't want to make a weapon, especially a fancy exotic weapon unusable. No one used Thorn initially because they thought it was garbage and then it got buffed and became a monster and so on. A lot of people argue that Thorn should have a DoT (Damage over time) effect for the purposes of PvP, saying they should just replace it with a tracking mark, like the Nightstalker ability. Thematically, Thorn is an evil, EVIL piece of darkness that looks like a gun. The terror of Dregden Yor being that he could see people he'd already shot doesn't sound as good as rending his enemies apart with a cursed gun, does it. It's still a problem but no one argues this point against Sunsingers or Sunbreakers that both have this ability. The reason being is that there is a limit to how often they can use it which would seem to be the most obvious solution. But, there are a number of ways to go about this. • Mark of the Devourer only prokes on precision hits. Easy in PvE with the masses of slow mobs but a challenge against a very mobile guardian. • Mark of Devourer can't kill a target. You can't rely on kills from beyond the grave to get ahead. • Mark of Devourer shots consume you Super Energy. Say you either want to use a large powerful super attack or instead chance it with a more versatile option. • Mark of the Devourer affects all shots after getting an precision kill for a brief period. Same solution as the first point but a different way to handle it. • Reduce the effect of the DoT on Guardians and make it more potent against Minions of the Darkness. • Change Thorn to a Special Weapon. This keeps the weapon being affective but limits its use be reducing the amount of Ammo you can provide it. However in PvE, there's an abundance of Special Ammo so it can be used to its full effect.