I have Thorn fully leveled. It's an interesting weapon which I use when I'm not trying to do something critical. I use it on Mars against the Cabal. It's about the only use for it I've found that out weighs the slow load and limited shots. I would appreciate a buff to this weapon. It needs just a hint of change. 8 bullets maybe? An increase in reload or a chance to reload faster on occasion.
The issue I have with it is that in most cases it doesn't deal any more damage than The Devil You Know which I also have fully leveled. If I want to do something critical or need a real hand cannon, that's the one I use. Thorn is a liability and gets me killed in melee attacks all the time. If something is charging at me i don't have time to reload or switch out. I have to apply better strategies when using Thorn. For me it's a novelty and I generally use it for doing bounties. When it comes to strikes and raiding, this is not a weapon I want in hand.
It's a shame they have yet to address it.
I also have bad juju but never use it. One disappointing weapon is enough.
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I'm working up to the bad juju just for the sake of having a good primary weapon. I have the bronzed miyamato (rare crucible auto) and I'm a freaking 26 hunter everything else I have is legendary except for my primary weapon.
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Also I can't get legendary primary stuff for the life of me lol
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This is my exact problem with thorn. I use it for patrols and to make the tiger playlist slightly more challenging/engaging. I will never bring this weapon to anything that is important. I want to, but it's just not worth -blam!-ing up or getting sent to orbit on a nightfall.
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Meh just keep using it and leveling it. I use mine in pvp and it wrecks and have completed several nightfalls with it, haven't tried the raid with it though (thats next on the list) just get some reload speed gloves and headshot like crazy