I too miss Thorn (Destiny)

by squidnh3, Wednesday, October 26, 2016, 09:20 (3042 days ago) @ Grizzlei

The funny thing about Thorn, is that it was originally very bad (I forget exactly what was bad about it, but a lot of people complained that it was a crappy reward for such a difficult quest). So, they buffed it, but you still didn't see it all that much until Trials of Osiris was released. Thorn's DOT effect is much more powerful in the Elimination game type, because it forces you to retreat until the DOT wears off, allowing the other team to gain a terrain or numbers advantage by preventing revives. That's when people started using it a lot, because it turned out it was also pretty powerful even without the DOT effect.

Honestly, it's a little over-exaggerated how much it was used. You saw The Last Word, Red Death (to counter Thorn), and The Messenger just as often.