Basically if it didnt have the poison effect absolutely no one would use it , the poison is why it is such a scruby weapon & it requires pretty much no skill at all, other "OP" weapons such as hawkmoon or vex still require skill , the hawkmoon has a slow fire rate & unless you get a headshot or one of the random bonus bullets it needs 3 shots to kill & the vex is a CQC weapon it has almost no effect at range even TLW requires skill as it usually takes 6 shots to down an opponent or you have to hip fire for the head. The thorn is dirty & cheap , if it was nerfed the number of players with a positive K/D would be cut in half. & before anyone says it i do own a thorn & i dont use it as i do not suck.