Good post, but..... You're Wrong. We are not dumb. We played the game long enough to figure out what weapons work well and which don't. If a certain weapon load out or strategy works better than the rest then most of the players base will use that. That's why we see so many Thorn users and Blnking shotgunners in crucible. Do you actually think those players are you choosing those load outs under false belief? Such things can only get you so far. Your theory sounds good on paper, but in a game their are always going something that is out of balance or be considered OP. That is the Purpose of these Forums because not even the Developers can figure out what things in their own game are OP or underpowered. Thorn was OP and the Data proved that and in fact the the number of Thorn users would have been greater if some players had not been resisting the current meta. I just started using Thorn and that other nonsense in the last Iron Banner and I wrecked it. The only games in which I didn't do well were when I started using my Monte Carlo. I was making top of the leader boards. In every other Iron Banner I did average and did not use Thorn.