DISCLAIMER: This is my opinion and may conflict with popular belief. I am also writing this after testing thorn in the current meta for 10 consecutive matches, therefore I would be more experienced with the weapon than most guardians today. Bungie, you have nerfed yet another beast into the ground to where it can't be used. With the changes to hand cannons, you must pace each shot or face your shots going everywhere except where you point them. this is an absolutely ridiculous requirement for a primary weapon as there is no other weapon type in the game with this requirement. Scout rifles do not punish you for firing followup shots, Pulse rifles do not punish you for firing followup shots, Auto rifles do not punish you for firing followup shots, so why do almost all hand cannons do this? Thorn's signature exotic perk, and most controversial feature, is mark of the devourer perk (sorry if I butchered the spelling). This once deadly perk is now almost useless in the current meta. The 2 damage per tic for 3 seconds is too weak for an exotic. In my ten matches, I only saw one person burn, at least 5 blade dancers heal even though they were burning, and at least half of my close range shots miss even though my sights were 100% on them. If my iron sights say I'm going to hit them, then my expectation is i will hit them, but with hand cannons nowadays that isn't possible. Thorn was designed for forcing your opponent to disengage from combat and with the short,weak burn and the terrible accuracy this is not possible. Thorn on paper and in the past were something to be feared, but with the poor per-shot accuracy, low burn damage this gun is nothing but a joke. in fact Thorn has the longest time to kill in the game right now. I'd say just restore the burn's strengh to seven so Thorn would do 7 damage for 3 seconds on hit, but that might make the gun too strong. Anyone have any suggestions on how to bring Thorn in line with the other hand cannons?