Thorn was way over used. Everyone knows that. You haven't even tried it. You have no idea how it will perform. As for the last word.! Are they not making it better when hip firing up close? They are just taking away the range. Stat wise it looks like it has almost no range but that never seemed to be the case. I am really excited for the weapon rebalance. I always loved to use auto rifles. I will be happy to see more variety. I mean look at that chart in the update. Thorn, Last Word, and Red death. Everything else was on top of each other at the bottom of the chart. Also Thorn will be able to stack 5 times. That still seems very op to me. I believe it will still be the most used gun. I understand that a lot of people do not like change. But I think everyone should just wait for the update to roll out and then make a decision. You may discover that variety is the spice of life and that it may actually be more fun. Just a thought.