You mean the Thorn buff that only affected ... Projectiles now briefly highlight targets on impact Mark of the Devourer DoT (damage-over-time) upgrade increased against PvE enemy targets Reload Speed increased Magazine Size increased Ammo inventory size increased Stability and Weapon Handling increased Straight from the Buff. Also the one that took place a full 2 months BEFORE the second AR nerf. Tell me what in that Buff made it so its unstoppable? Hmmm? Maybe it was that pesky ability to highlight, or that purely evil ammo increase. Could it have been the fact that it is now more stable instead of being able to fire like a pump shotgun because the recoil was so bad. If they rolled back the 1.1.1 AR Nerf you would see a drastic reduction in Thorn issues. Do your homework, then get back to me.