When I first got the Thorn (8 months ago) It was crap, absolutely awful, but I loved it, it shot giant f-n thorns into the head of enemies, it has an awesome look fit for a game like destiny, and the sight picture was very creative. It was a great gun. Then it got it's boost, and it's popularity took off.
Bottom line, the Thorn is an awesome creation by the Bungie team, and should be taken a little less seriously on the stats side.
Good job Bungie you made a gun I never want to stop shooting.
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I'm with you on the thorn. I got the weapon back in September as a level 25 and had to get help for the end of the bounty. I wanted this gun when the concept art came out for it in the beta which made me fall in love with it ( not literally ). When the weapon was horrible I stilled used it and I will even when they nerf the hell out of it.