I don't have any analytics tools but from my experience. I'm not following. The Thorn was easily countered with Red Death, SR, TLW and some vendor bought auto rifles. I've learned over the years (playing Doom and Battlefield) they there are two types of people in PVP. There is your crybaby group. They are the ones who cry about everything that kills them and aren't willing to adjust, but instead, run to the forums or Twitter feed and bug the development team into submission. Then there are the guys like myself who embraces the challenge of taken on what the crybabies deem OP. The Thorn can be beat and been beaten repeatedly. So it's time for the pretentious, to drop the act and embrace the notion.