When I first got the Thorn (8 months ago) It was crap, absolutely awful, but I loved it, it shot giant f-n thorns into the head of enemies, it has an awesome look fit for a game like destiny, and the sight picture was very creative. It was a great gun. Then it got it's boost, and it's popularity took off.
Bottom line, the Thorn is an awesome creation by the Bungie team, and should be taken a little less seriously on the stats side.
Good job Bungie you made a gun I never want to stop shooting.
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in my opinion Thorn shouldn't get a nerf. The bounty to get him is one of the hardest in the game (also the most fun one to do). I think instead of nerfing weapons, they should buff the other weapons (and if needed increase the health of bosses). An exotic weapon or a max level character should feel powerfull to play. Same goes for gjallerhorn (just decrease the amount of wolfpack rounds) and increase damage done by other heavy weapons. if dragon's breath would have tracking I would always use this weapon, because of the look.