Are you a good shooter or a poor one? If you're a tip top shooter grab a thorn or last word. Poor shooters should look to the vex. If you don't have a vex a vanquisher 8 will suffice. Lead with a grenade that does damage over a large area. Many double and triple kills will be had tossing a grenade into a control point only to follow up with your primary. When low on health just run away, but not too fast. Bait the guy. Make him chase you; be waiting with a shotgun. Use a shotgun. I'll assume you're not good enough with the radar to correctly use a fusion rifle. Don't use a sniper, yet. Once you learn the high traffic areas then you can pick one of those up. Play more. This is essential to learning the maps. Your class doesn't really matter and neither does your set up. If I can go positive with a level 2 warlock lacking a super or a heavy weapon then any set up you have should suffice. [b] do not rely on the perfect setup, weapons, or armor. rely on your situational awareness and only get into gun fights you have an absolute advantage in[/b] Do not chase. Ever. Do not start gun fights unless the enemy is unaware. Wait for them to come to you'll have the advantage every time. These are my noob tips. I'm not perfect and I was a lot better at halo 3 than I am at Destiny so please don't take my kd to heart.