I enjoy Crucible as much as any other fellow Guardian out there. However, sometimes I feel the Guardians I am paired with, are... not as fit for duty as others may be. To make Crucible a much more enjoyable experience for myself and these Guardians, I propose Bungie actually use the Combat Rating System they have implemented in Destiny to separate the veterans and the newcomers for more intense and balanced matches. I know how boring a match can be when one side is completely obliterated (trust me, I've been on both sides of that scenario) and it always makes me wonder why I've been paired with or against the Guardians I'm fighting. Through my experiences, I've been on the receiving side of an obliteration far more frequently than obliterating my opponents, and it's somewhat made me lose interest in Crucible because most of the time, I'm paired with Guardians unable to hold their own. Hell, sometimes I even get paired with Guardians who are severely under leveled, inadequately geared, and severely inexperienced (5-15 and I checked some of their grimoire scores, they were not alts) against a full team of experienced level 25+ Guardians with legendary/exotic gear. It's ridiculous! I wouldn't be so frustrated if I was at least paired with Guardians who were at least level 20. Then I'd know I was paired with a legitimately lesser skilled Guardian, instead of an inexperienced Guardian with little clue to what he/she is doing. Therefore, I propose the following changes. -Use Combat Rating to adequately pair somewhat equally skilled Guardians against each other. This will hopefully create more intense matches and lessen the amount of rage quits. (Assuming your Combat Rating system is accurate) -Pair level 20+ Guardians with and against level 20+ Guardians. Pair level 1-19 Guardians with level 1-19 Guardians. I know, some of us have friends with alts who are not level 20, this will be addressed below. -In case of great level differences between friends, allow level 1-19 Guardians to be brought into the 20+ if the fireteam leader is 20+ so friends with great level differences may still play together. -Change the Grimoire Card progress from Matches Won of a certain playlist to Matches Completed. Participated would be too easy, as many would simply queue up for the playlist and leave. This way, the Guardians will be less-inclined to rage quit and still try to fight. ... or go afk, it's not perfect, I'm sure you'll come up with something. -A bit off topic, but please, stop giving the guy who does the worst on my team exotics. I don't mind if they get legendary items, but don't reward them too much for doing too little. It should be more like this http://i.imgur.com/1smC46u.jpg a worthy gun for a worthy performance by a worthy Guardian. -Make these changes ASAP, I don't mind if they're tweaked, I know they're not perfect, but it's a start. Below is only a small sample size of the Guardians I have been paired with that may not have been as fit for duty as others. http://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/PGCR/1/4611686018433169456/2305843009216743862/455974375?_ http://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/PGCR/1/4611686018433169456/2305843009216743862/456142457?_ http://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/PGCR/1/4611686018433169456/2305843009216743862/497141736?_ http://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/PGCR/1/4611686018433169456/2305843009216743862/502286416?_ (Rumble) http://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/PGCR/1/4611686018433169456/2305843009216743862/530291964?_ http://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/PGCR/1/4611686018433169456/2305843009216743862/530188448?_ http://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/PGCR/1/4611686018433169456/2305843009216743862/528339612?_ http://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/PGCR/1/4611686018433169456/2305843009216743862/528210701?_ http://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/PGCR/1/4611686018433169456/2305843009216743862/527738918?_ http://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/PGCR/1/4611686018433169456/2305843009216743862/519671671?_ http://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/PGCR/1/4611686018433169456/2305843009216743862/539125852?_ http://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/PGCR/1/4611686018433169456/2305843009216743862/539295771?_ http://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/PGCR/1/4611686018433169456/2305843009223782200/636897103?_ http://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/PGCR/1/4611686018433169456/2305843009223782200/638238696?_ Here are a few examples of why I don't enjoy being paired to fight less able Guardians or Guardians who are not in a full fireteam of three when I am in a full fireteam of three. http://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/PGCR/1/4611686018433169456/2305843009223782200/637112360?_ http://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/PGCR/1/4611686018433169456/2305843009223782200/637179535?_ http://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/PGCR/1/4611686018433169456/2305843009223782200/637248927?_ (This one hurt me) http://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/PGCR/1/4611686018433169456/2305843009223782200/637454316?_ (This one too) All the matches I presented were not very exciting or engaging. They were simply too boring (when the enemy team doesn't put up a good fight) or too frustrating (when allies die constantly). I shouldn't have 52 decisive victories, 165 "The Best...Around" or 27 "On the Bright Side..." medals out of the 341 games of Skirmish I've played on my Hunter. If I was paired with and against equally skilled Guardians, I should have maybe 10 decisive victories, 75 "The Best...Around" and 10 "On the Bright Side..." Medals. [b]TL;DR - There's a Combat System Rating, use it and stop pairing me with and against noobs[/b] What are your thoughts, my fellow Guardians? Am I taking Crucible too seriously? Is Bungie at fault for not using their Combat Rating system in the first place? Are my ideas actually good? Do tell in the comments below what you'd like to see changed in the Crucible, or if there are no changes needed, tell us why.