This is not meant to be a flame thread by any means! Only constructive thoughts and suggestions for the crucible area, which is utterly painful to play through for many of us. To Bungie, absolutely LOVE the main game (story side) thus far, great job and I'm having loads of fun with everything in there, especially the events. HOWEVER, the crucible is just painful. I can see great value and fun in it, not in the way it is currently implemented (for many of us). THE ISSUE: I think I'm more than decent at the main story but when I come in here I can't seem to be effective or useful AT ALL and after a short while it gets extremely frustrating. Despite you evening damage out so no one gets an unfair advantage it still is NOT AN EVEN playing field. Strategy levels, overall user experience within the crucible and other things play the most effective part in this, making it truly suck for the rest of us that are high level (in story mode) but "low experience" so to speak in Crucible. We have ZERO chance in this area. THE SOLUTION: Similar to your other rank systems, a "Crucible Rank" system could be put in place to fix this and even the playing fields more. With this rank system we could compete with others based on our skill. Anyone with a Level 2 Crucible Rank would be paired with each other. Should you win the match, you get points towards your Crucible Rank, if you lose the match you do not get any points and your Crucible Rank remains the same. Thus keeping you playing against the same "Crucible experience level" players regardless of their level. A Level 5 could play against a Level 26 if their Crucible Rank was the same. I could see value in this even for the people who dominate the Crucible in wanting more of a challenge and tired of stomping on those with less Crucible experience. REASON: Some people do NOTHING BUT CRUCIBLE and they're VERY good at it, able to dominate anyone that comes their way in the blink of an eye, while others use it once in a while to get items or for a change of pace. Without this Crucible Rank system in place or one similar to it those people will never stand a chance in this area, impacting their view of your game. With this in place we ALL become better players. Hopefully this made sence, and if you do happen to read this and need clarification I would LOVE to help out in any way that I can to make both sides of the game absolutely wonderful for all to play. Thanks for Listening