I've definitely noticed that, and it's one of the reasons I got frustrated with the PvP and quit playing for the most part. This must have been apart of their studies. They watch the NBA, and how the refs control the flow and even sometimes the outcomes of the games with how they officiate. "Call this ticky tacky foul now when it's meaningless so that people don't question my horrible call against the other player during crunch time", "This player was defensive MVP, so we should let him get away with a pretty obvious over the back call here", etc. At the end of the day, it's a game, so I don't let myself get too worked up about it, but I really miss the good ole days when I could just hop into matches and not have to just cross my fingers hoping that the game didn't decide that it was my turn to get fvcked over by the connection gods. Also, a thing I've noticed, not just about Destiny, but every COD and Halo before it is if I haven't played with a certain account for a while, I'll get matched against very bad people and I get addicted to the game because I feel like a god. Then, over time (usually the next consecutive day), they'll start matching me against my ACTUAL skill level again. I used to alternate two accounts for this very reason, and I would occasionally start a brand new account just to play against super scrubs just for fun. This even worked in Halo's social playlists where you're led to believe that there is no SBMM. This is actually why I raise my eyebrow to people with ridiculous K/D's. I've had games where there's not a thing I could do. I could play godlike, and my shots were so delayed, it didn't matter. I think people with crazy K/D's somehow (whether they know it or not) found some loophole where connection never crushes them. A 2.5+ K/D isn't possible to maintain in the games I play.