So recently there's been complaints about the Thorn, the Last Word, and Final Round snipers. Here's my solution to all three of them.
Thorn: Mark of the Devourer acts like a Scorch Cannon mixed with Crota's presence. By keeping the mark on the opposing player, you prevent healing. Once you let the Mark go, it does 7 damage, equal to one burn tick. By holding your R2/RT button, it effectively takes you out of the fight. I find this would be a nice balance. In turn, replace Send It with Speed Reload, since many people complain about this as well.
Last Word: First off, fix the ADS damage glitch, please. Second, get rid of Single Point Sling. It's a hip-fire weapon, don't encourage ADS. Perfect Balance makes the recoil far too easy to control. It needs to have some amount of skill involved, and for this I recommend replacing Perfect Balance with Speed Reload.
Final Round Snipers: This applies to all weapons, not just final round snipers. However, for the sake of this post I'll only reference snipers. If Final Round is removed altogether and replaced with Luck in the Chamber, there's no effective way to spam it. This cuts down on the amount of Final Round abuse in the crucible.
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I don't think snipers should ever kill with one shot unless they are headshots. It should take skill to one shot an enemy. So, I think neither Final Round nor Luck in the Chamber should be options for snipers. Both Final Round and Luck in the Chamber should be replaced with something like Clown Cartridge - encouraging reloading and potentially increasing ammo reserves.