While I have agreed with most of your posts thusfar, I disagree with your thorn post. I do not lack confidence in my weapon set without thorn, its that my weapon set does not deal the damage per second that thorn does. Trials is the primary example here. Any team using thorns is almost guaranteed a win. You can argue its because of their teamwork. I call it everyone take potshots while hiding in the spawn because if you get hit by two different thorns its pretty much game over. I have a thorn. I'm just sad that to compete I have to use that over my preferred weapons, which in normal crucible where the other team isn't all using thorns I have a relatively good kdr. But trials? Use the thorn if you want to win. I'm not saying thorn is unbeatable, but in a 1v1 encounter in an open area, thorn wins. Hell, i've dropped a whole team in trials 3v1 with the thorn because it only took me 6 bullets, and I have 3 left in the mag just in case i miss. Something I could never have dreamed of without it.