During roughly nine months of Y1, this gun owned the Crucible.
*It had enough range to easily compete with snipers
* It did enough damage after burn to kill players in only 2 headshots
*It rendered your recovery stat useless as you wouldn't be able to regen until the DoT(6 ticks & 7 damage per tick) was done stealing your life
*To top it off you could watch the 7's tick off & track players through walls(much like keen scout or burn from firebolts w/ touch of flame & viking funeral)
With things were that were truly overpowered(that some of you seem to have forgotten) such as Tlw ads 111 damage headshots, god roll Felwinters with truly crazy range, Hawkmoon 1-2 shot kills being a normal occurrence, machine guns being irrelevant due to god roll rockets everywhere... Thorn stood above all that as the strongest pvp weapon in the game.
While I still cringe when I hear Thorn shots from time to time, I truly miss the era when primaries were actually primaries. Now primary weapons are so weak that players avoid engaging other players unless they have special ammo...
So what're your thoughts about this dark demon of the Crucible? Do you have PTSD about it like me, or have you accepted it's temptation & fallen into darkness?
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Adding to the stop, drop, and roll idea, I think a certain button combo should activate an animation that removes the burn upon activation, but leaves you vulnerable for a couple seconds. Maybe if you sprint slide while burning, you recieve a prompt to hold (your reload button here) in order to start the animation. The burn would still promote a disengage from combat (DoT would still be viable), and you wouldn't be powerless to live even if (and especially) you had defeated the one who burned you.