It seems that everyone who agrees with OP (including himself), only use it for one reason (and that reason being to pull). that's just not what Riot intended with this champion, there are just as many times you will need to push someone as there are pulling them. for example, if you're ganking a lane and you come in from behind the enemy, you'll want to push them into your team to keep them from running past you, once they do (if still alive), just q them back in. If there are any stragglers, catch them with your q that you saved from using, etc... It literally seems retarded to have to aim in the opposite direction for you to push them back into your team. It's just as much of a pull as it is a push, that's why it has the same distance for both ends, it would only extend in one direction if they intended it to just be a pull. If you see/feel his E as either just a pull or just a push, you're not utilizing his kit to its full potential.

Ok, well I have actually used Thresh now. I have no issues with it being "counterintuitive," it's just REALLY HARD TO AIM when you're trying to pull (it's fine when you're trying to push). I have to just stand there or autopath doing nothing while I swivel my cursor around trying to find the right angle. Never have to do that when I'm aiming towards where my target is.. just click where the target is going...

Current way is best way for reasons already mentioned, you aim where you want them to go. Far more intuitive, plus for things like forcing them in to your walls it makes more sense. Also, smart casting helps you not have to click 3 times to use it while moving. Keep your normal abilities bound to other keys for learning the range or if you want to be really careful on the aiming, but smart casting helps with things like this so much.

Imo, they should make it vector-like.

It'd feel much more intuitive... And it'd be more precise, too!
Instead of just clicking on what you think is the diametrically opposed point of the champ you want to pull, you'd just "click and drag" the champ!
The center of the vector would still be Thresh, but its direction would not depend on the position of the first click, but of where you dragged!

Legend of the joined image:
The green losange is where you first click.
The red arrows are the possible paths to have the blue resulting vector that will affect the creep that is circled in blue.
Dunno if I'm clear... But it's just to give an alternative to the "clicking on the opposite side" which doesn't feel intuitive nor effective.

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Switching the directions would be totally counter-intuitive. Casting IN FRONT of Thresh PUSHES... casting BEHIND pulls. Where you cast corresponding to Thresh corresponds with the direction your target moves. I made a couple mistakes my first plays with Thresh, but honestly it's an incredibly simple mechanic to learn and remember.

Really doesn't seem like that big of an issue. The mechanic by itself is nice but i don't see how changing it so its more like a singed fling or something else like that makes this champion unique.