So I decided to try out crucible today, get some challenges done, see what all the hype is about 99% hand cannons, surprise shotgun use, sudden heavy ammo spawn at a random location and a sword in my spine, and a snowball effect that transcends even my worst imaginings. Never in all my life have a felt such emotion towards a new game mode I hate it, I 100% hate it, I will never touch it again even if an entire week of challenges is dedicated to it. Abilities don't really matter when everyone runs around with old weapons that do the same work they did in normal crucible modes. All this new mode did is change how many punches it takes to kill someone, and slightly less grenades. All the while high damaging guns reign supreme as you cant beat them with a faster gun as the damage of primary weapons has been reduced. Every match all i heard was hand cannons, le-monarques, and thorns. No matter what i switched to, what range i fought them, it didnt matter. I tried jade rabbit, outbreak, mida, hell even quick silver, taking opponents at long ranges and they would still beat me because their guns deal higher impact so the nerf to their damage makes them better than mine. Hell, i think pulses are dead in checkmate because each bullet deals even less damage now so single shot weapons are better. Thats all, i needed to vent my opinion and be done with it forever.