Don't play crucible much but played IB all week to try it out (had no boosters to start and got to 50 points shy of Rank 5) and I probably got killed by Thorn 10-15 times the entire week.
Didn't seem like much of an issue to me. I even tried mine for a few matches and it didn't make me magically good or anything.
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Well, on my platform, ps4, you see at least 3 thorns a game.
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I saw plenty and was shot by many but not often killed.
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Liar. I was probably killed by thorn at least 200 times this week just in iron banner alone
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Obviously 10-15 times was a slight exaggeration, but the point was that it wasn't even noticeable.