I'm a solo player (still looking for a clan that doesn't wait until the crack of midnight to start doing things together, but that's a different story), and to be honest, Control is an easier game to play when you don't have comms with other players, because the objectives are pretty simple: control the zones (except Zone A on Blind Watch. I will cut a bitch trying to capture that zone...). Clash... well, while "run around and shoot all the things" sounds easy, it definitely becomes a chaotic hairball of activity once people start dying and respawning in random locations, instead of respawning in near a cluster of your teammates. It's easier to be cut off and become the reason the other side's score is so high. At any rate, I'll look at the loot table before investing any time competing this cycle. I already have the pulse rifle and sidearm, and the Year Two hand cannon is pretty anemic, compared to Timur's Lash. None of the other weapons really interest me.