I anticipated this actually (Destiny)

by someotherguy, Hertfordshire, England, Thursday, May 28, 2015, 15:33 (3692 days ago) @ Claude Errera
edited by someotherguy, Thursday, May 28, 2015, 15:55

Grenades are different for 3 main reasons. First - everyone has a grenade, so it's not as lopsided an affair. It also runs on a cooldown, so it's not available in every engagement, while Thorn is. It also has to be used separately and consciously, knowing that it will reset the cooldown and requiring a separate action - Thorn's DoT happens as a matter of course, just by using your gun normally.

Like you said, grenades are a choice and they come at the cost of being able to keep firing. The same applies to melee abilities. Thorn is Guaranteed DoT available at all times and alll ranges, with no cooldown.

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As someone who had Thorn before it got buffed.... - Spec ops Grunt, 2015-05-27, 06:57
- As someone who had Thorn before it got buffed.... - petetheduck, 2015-05-27, 09:56
- #nerfexotichandcannons - iconicbanana, 2015-05-27, 11:19
- As someone who had Thorn before it got buffed.... - unoudid, 2015-05-27, 11:24
- As someone who had Thorn before it got buffed.... - MacAddictXIV, 2015-05-27, 11:51
  - As someone who had Thorn before it got buffed.... - Pfhor, 2015-05-27, 13:14
- As someone who had Thorn before it got buffed.... - TheeChaos, 2015-05-27, 11:54
- It's a general problem - Avateur, 2015-05-27, 11:56
  - It's a general problem - yakaman, 2015-05-27, 12:02
    - It's a general problem - Avateur, 2015-05-27, 12:09
      - I'm an AR stealth-buff believer. - Kahzgul, 2015-05-27, 13:26
        
        I'm an AR stealth-buff believer. - Avateur, 2015-05-27, 18:44
        
        I'm an AR stealth-buff believer. - Kahzgul, 2015-05-28, 16:21
      - Thorn, TLW and (maybe) Vex are highest DPS in game. - someotherguy, 2015-05-27, 15:08
  - It's a general problem - Monochron, 2015-05-27, 12:10
- It's not. - Revenant1988, 2015-05-27, 12:19
  - Oh you - Avateur, 2015-05-27, 12:22
    - Oh you - Revenant1988, 2015-05-27, 12:23
      - Oh you - Avateur, 2015-05-27, 12:29
  - Agree. - INSANEdrive, 2015-05-27, 12:47
  - It's not. - CommandrCleavage, 2015-05-27, 14:15
    - It's not. - unoudid, 2015-05-27, 15:05
  - It's not. - MacAddictXIV, 2015-05-27, 15:33
  - Lingering damage is the definition of bullsh*t - someotherguy, 2015-05-27, 15:37
    - Lingering damage is the definition of bullsh*t - Kahzgul, 2015-05-27, 16:01
      - Lingering damage is the definition of bullsh*t - bluerunner, 2015-05-27, 16:07
      - That should have been the Exotic Perk - someotherguy, 2015-05-27, 16:23
        
        That should have been the Exotic Perk - Xenos, 2015-05-27, 18:47
        
        Fairer Alternative? - someotherguy, 2015-05-27, 20:26
        
        Fairer Alternative? - CyberKN, 2015-05-27, 20:30
        
        Fairer Alternative? - someotherguy, 2015-05-27, 20:35
        
        Fairer Alternative? - Ragashingo, 2015-05-27, 20:43
        
        Fairer Alternative? - CyberKN, 2015-05-27, 20:46
        
        Fairer Alternative? - Ragashingo, 2015-05-27, 20:49
        
        Double edged sword? - iconicbanana, 2015-05-27, 20:42
        
        Double edged sword? - CyberKN, 2015-05-27, 20:45
        
        Ha. Call the perk "Every Rose..." - someotherguy, 2015-05-27, 20:58
    - I don't get you people, at all. Maybe Thorn isn't the issue. - Revenant1988, 2015-05-27, 16:55
      - I don't get you people, at all. Maybe Thorn isn't the issue. - MacAddictXIV, 2015-05-27, 17:24
        
        I don't get you people, at all. Maybe Thorn isn't the issue. - Revenant1988, 2015-05-27, 17:31
        
        I don't get you people, at all. Maybe Thorn isn't the issue. - MacAddictXIV, 2015-05-27, 18:57
        
        I don't get you people, at all. Maybe Thorn isn't the issue. - someotherguy, 2015-05-27, 20:17
      - I don't get you people, at all. Maybe Thorn isn't the issue. - Avateur, 2015-05-27, 19:00
      - But that's not what I'm talking about - someotherguy, 2015-05-27, 20:13
        
        This exactly - Avateur, 2015-05-27, 21:26
        
        +1 - CrazedOne, 2015-05-27, 21:49
        
        +1 - MacAddictXIV, 2015-05-28, 13:33
        
        But that's not what I'm talking about - Revenant1988, 2015-05-28, 10:51
        
        Maybe you suck at Crucible? - Avateur, 2015-05-28, 11:56
        
        Maybe you suck at Crucible? - Revenant1988, 2015-05-28, 13:22
        
        Maybe you suck at Crucible? - Avateur, 2015-05-28, 22:47
        
        But that's not what I'm talking about - someotherguy, 2015-05-28, 15:22
        
        But that's not what I'm talking about - ZackDark, 2015-05-28, 15:48
        
        Totally possible - someotherguy, 2015-05-28, 15:55
        
        Why I think ToO needs tweaked. - Revenant1988, 2015-05-28, 16:22
        
        Civil Discourse wins again - someotherguy, 2015-05-28, 18:24
        
        But that's not what I'm talking about - Claude Errera, 2015-05-28, 15:07
        
        I anticipated this actually - someotherguy, 2015-05-28, 15:33
  - I don't mind the DPS but obscuring my screen is too much. - Vortech, 2015-06-01, 15:54
- As someone who uses Thorn almost exclusively in PvP... - iconicbanana, 2015-05-28, 15:25

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