This may be surprising, but honestly, I find the buffs pointless. Yes, the range was a good buff, so it's more in line with pulse rifles, but ADS accuracy for handcannons is already increased anywho, so it wasn't really needed, since ADS accuracy was my only problem with the gun, I didn't really care for the other buffs. I mean, yes, they rock, buuuuuut they will be overused and the gun will then be nerfed into the grave. Right now I'm averaging with it fairly positively for me, and it's already the best handcannon in my opinion, the only reason it hasn't been used much is because pulse rifles are the meta right now. I do better in ToO with a FR and TFC than I do with a pulse and a sniper, pulse and a shotgun, even a pulse and an FR, because with the first curse, its 3 shots to kill, every once in a while 2 if they have low armor or in lvled like iron banner or ToO if they are just a low level, and with an FR if my burst doesnt kill, they are an easy really quick oneshot, except when the ADS accuracy screws me over. Anyone else afraid that the first curse is going to become as unusable as the last word because of the future buffs becoming it's own imprecation, throwing it into it's own downfall just like it's twin? But then again, the wielder of the last word died first, and the first curse infected the avenger (thorn vs last word history, not important) In other words, TLW was the meta for a while (im ignoring the thorn at the moment) and then it was hit so hard it became useless in Y2, though some usei t as a primary sidearm/shotgun only it's weaker, it's not worth it. The thorn was simply left in year one as a mistake of a buff, the gun was like TFC now, adequate, and then they made it meta (like TFC could become), then it became eh, though it being year 1 makes it useless in IB and ToO (thorn really isnt that bad in other crucible, just less dot really) Bungie, don't screw up my first child like you did my last, don't thorn this for me. Seriously, don't corrupt the handcannon.