RE: The onngoing discussion of “reward vs. random” approach to crucible loot drops; many people feel better players should get the better loot. Just to point out a slightly different point here: If the best loot goes to the best players then the gap between best and worst only gets larger. If the best loot is randomly distributed amongst good and bad then the best players evolve their "equipment power" at a slower rate than the alternative AND the worse players sometimes gain something powerful enough to make them more competitive with the better players. So under the current system then, the more skilled players (“better players”) are forced to fight in a system where the competition level is kept artificially high because less skilled players (worse players) are augmenting their low skill with powerful equipment; similarly, this non-capitalist approach to loot is preventing the best players from going from modest skill-advantage with identical weapons to domination advantage with skill-advantage plus equipment advantage. The result then, under the current system, is to continually make the matches competitive and challenging for better players; what’s so bad about that? I understand that we have an engrained interest in seeing a strong positive correlation between skill and reward, but are we really playing PvP for the reward? Or are we playing PvP for the thrill of the competition? My personal suggestion is this: - Keep the same reward system and enjoy the highly competitive level - Add a materials drop for the top 3 players on either team. That way the better players will level up what equipment they do receive faster; HAVE A SENSE OF REWARD; and be able to reduce the amount of time spent mindlessly farming. The less skilled players will have to do a whole lot of irritating farming which means they will have to put in much more effort into the game if they want to keep up with the skilled players. I also think that the top player deserves something Ascendent.