6v6 is designed to be mindless fun. Just shoot and blast and go nuts with your abilities and supers. Nice, right? Sure it has rules and it's not a total spamfest like Mayhem. 3v3 is designed to attract more competitive players and it's a little harder to spam abilities when there isn't many players to use as fuel. Still it can be really sweaty by comparison.
So what's the middle ground here?
Something I noticed while spelunking in Control the other day when the algorithm changed up team numbers: everything ran a little better with 4v4. Now I'm not saying change it all back to this.
Just introduce a new game mode.
Here's the quick notes:
* 4v4
* no supers
* no exotics
* no ability regeneration; start off with what you bring
* small energy wells scattered through the map that give you a small dose of ability, and the well evaporates after passing through it; these will periodically return throughout the match
* capturing a zone gives you ability energy
* downing an opponent will not give ability energy
* special ammo generation is normal; start off with two ammo
* allow teammate revives
Not sure what to call it since it's only a general idea. Let me know what you think.
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Go back to 4v4
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5 RepliesAww bless you for still thinking something is going to happen . PvP is dying and it’s a mess . Move to marathon and give some feedback 🤷🏼♂️
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Genuinely I like your idea. D2 vanilla was 4v4 and it was awful because how passive it made games with the double primary system. But things are diff now. However like others have said, PvP in Destiny is the last thing Bungie cares about rn
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3 RepliesThe ability spam is exhausting rn.
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1 ReplyCommenting to show bungie the pvp community is desperate for some innovation! Your idea is a good mix up considering how overwhelmed the pvp playlists are with abilites. I really like the idea of Less or no subclass abilities and less special/heavy ammo during 6v6 or even 4v4 matches. Its a shame that the hardware pvp playlists are always plagued by Temporary busted mods or infinite special and heavy.
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2 RepliesBungie came up with a new PvP idea too. It's called Marathon 🤣
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2 RepliesEdited by eliteg: 2/13/2026 5:30:43 PM
eliteg👍🦾🟠🛕 - 4/14/2026 12:48:00 AM
I like it in general, lot of good stuff imo... but the truly unique thought you introduce IMO is worthy of pointing out: "* capturing a zone gives you ability energy" I would say I prefer the map numbers adjust to that map dynamically in one list 4x4 for anomaly and 6x6 for multiplex for example...