The range dominates in the hand cannon meta, and the DoT is definitely obnoxious. It's a three hit headshot and a three hit body shot, so why you'd aim for the head is beyond belief. The competitive side use it because it is OP. They aren't going to use answering chord, or black spindle because they don't dominate and see [u]balanced[/u]. Thorn and TLW both need a little adjusting so sweaties aren't just: - Party Crasher - Thorn - The Last Word - 1000 Yard Stare - Warlock SunSinger Those are the dominate loadouts. And, not saying I know everything, but there are hundreds more guns which people don't EVEN know about! Nobody uses a gun which can hit off a revive, which limits to 1000 Yard Stare. Nobody can get a faster TTK than TLW, so TLW dominates. 1000 Yard Stare and TLW are [u]the[/u] meta know alongside shotguns and thorn. Ask yourself, who uses Defiance Of Yasmin competitively with the answering chord? Nobody because they are balanced and Thorn and TLW are not. I don't mean to sound snappy, but it is something I'd like to address as I play PvP a lot and I'm not one who doesn't consider how Destiny could develop.