Thorn was my favorite bounty (Destiny)

by iconicbanana, C2-H5-OH + NAD, Portland, OR, Tuesday, February 03, 2015, 10:46 (3372 days ago) @ Kermit
edited by iconicbanana, Tuesday, February 03, 2015, 10:55

Ugh. Toland's Legacy was a cakewalk. Took me about 10 games to get it, and I consider myself grossly average at multiplayer game.

I got the Thorn bounty the other day. Singlehandedly caused me to quit Destiny, maybe for good. Would love that gun, but after getting as high as 100 I had 3 lopsided games that took me down to 10. Stupidest thing I've ever seen. Don't have time to grind for more void weapons, just want to play the damn game the way I feel comfortable playing. Quickly realizing that there are too many elements of this game trolling me and I feel like I'm wasting my time :(

I had same experience even though I never got close to 100. It put me off Crucible.

I might have enjoyed this bounty specifically because I play a great deal of crucible with DBO people. I also enjoyed it because it wasn't as much of a grind, or at least the grind was extremely unique. It forced me to play the game differently and think about what weapons I was using at all times; I actually learned some fun strategies from it, like knowing not to pick up heavy right away, so that when I died I could switch to truth and wreck people with heavy after they thought my team was out of rockets.

Finally decided to stop worrying about it. If I ever hit a stride in Crucible where I notice my K/D going up, then I'll start thinking about it again. I might delete it. I have better weapons.

I know elsewhere on the thread people were asking for PvP reward weapons specific to PvP; that's what the thorn is. It's a top 3 crucible gun. If you don't play a lot of crucible, you aren't really going to miss the Thorn.