After researching stats / testing out PVP on a new account, simply turning SBMM off isn't the answer. Far more people will be hurt by the change than we think. I'm not saying every gaming being ultra competitive is right either.... but we need to look a the greater good instead of what is best for the top players.
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Skill simply has to be a part of the matchmaking algorithm. People won't stay if they never do well. Besides, how can the ninjas improve if they play weaker players? However, since 2.0, I've noticed a lot more lag, which ruins some fraction of the games. As a mediocre player, my best experience in properly matched games occurred during the first half of 2015. My k/d slowly rose to nearly 1.2, and was still climbing when Destiny 2.0 released. Now, it's 1.1, due mostly to lag and losing the guns I liked. You can see the connection problem when looking at my daily/weekly/monthly game history. When the network is good to me, I see 1.0-2.0 k/d games. When the network is bad, I get 0.5 k/d games. Bungie should just go back to whatever the matchmaking was in early 2015....