Crucible is a disgusting mercy-fest right now. "Loose" SBMM which was implemented this season results in wildly unbalanced teams that ends in a lackluster crucible experience. SBMM needs to be turned back up. I had SEVEN consecutive mercy matches. [b]My First Match: Fragment. My KD, 1.0. Final Score 93:28.[/b] The other team had high skilled players capable of sliding corners perfectly and three tapping with Thorn. Within 90s, two of my teammates left after getting the s4it kicked out of them. Then within 30s, two more left, probably realizing it was a no win situation. I was left playing TWO ON SIX. During this "quitter-fest" I saw my last teammate pull out his ghost, so then I left. I wasn't going to go 1 on 6. While my teammates were leaving Bungie was trying to replace my teammates. Every new person that joined left. FOURTEEN players eventually rotated through my team. [b]My Second Match: Midtown. My K/D 2.0. Final Score: 23:87[/b] I knew I was going to be f###ed, because I left the previous 1 v. 6 match. Bungie doesn't punish with lockouts for leaving a match anymore, they punish you for leaving, byy dropping you in a match in progress. I find it incredulous that I should be punished for leaving a 1 v. 6. I got dropped into a team where two people had already left the match from getting theiir -blam!-es kicked. FIVE of the players on my team had ONE kill and all of them were naturally close to a .1 K/D. I can't fathom why these 5 players got matched against the other team just to be their cannon-fodder, or why I should have to go to their rescue. [b]My Third Match: Wormhaven. My K/D 7.0. Final Score 97:35.[/b] After the two mercys against me. I knew I would get a stacked team. The other team had three players with ONE kill and two players with two kills. All FIVE of these players were sub .2 K/D. Why in the world would these 5 players even be matched against my team. Its lunacy, I don't need my ego stroked with a 7.0 K/D and frankly even though I won the match, it was a snooze fest. In the middle of my match. I sat on B, walked to my freezer chose between Chocolate Ben and Jerrys and Hagan Daz Strawberry. I went with the chocolate ice cream. I came back, did not die, and just waited for the mercy. [b]My Fourth Match: Multiplex. My K/D .5. Final Score 40:104.[/b] I [i]hate[/i] to mercy another team because when I do, I know I'll be punished for it. I got matched against highskill players, which is fine. [i]Except, THREE of my teammates left,[/i] since they couldn't compete. We ended up 3 v. 6 for half the match and got the $hit kicked out of those who stayed. This match had a player on the other team quickswapping out of a bow for instant body kills. (I'm a console player, I find it dubious quick swapping out of a bow for instant kills is possible on a controller, I'm sure someone will comment about this.) [b]My Fifth Match: Wormhaven. My K/D 0.0 Final Score 25:86.[/b] I got dropped into a match where THREE people had left my team because there was a 7.0, 6.5 and 2.5 K/D players on the other side. My K/D was zero because the match ended as I zoned in. Why the 4ell was I even dropped in? [b]My Sixth Match: Rusted Lands. My K/D 2.0. Final Score 29:95.[/b] My team annihilated the other team. TWO of the people on the other team left within 2 minutes. Of the remainder, not a single person was above a 1.0 K/D. After two people left the other team I just sat and ate more ice cream. 6 v. 4 or 6 v. 3 matches are slow and boring where you end up looking for someone to kill. [b]My Seventh Match: Multiplex. My K/D 2.13. Final Score 151:84.[/b] Finally my first match that wasn't a mercy. But should have been half way through the match, but for some reason it didn't happen when were were about 80 to 30. [i]FOUR people left the match because their team was getting blown up.[/i]. Of the four that stayed (including replacements) none were above a 1.0 K/D. Credit to the guy that stayed and got killed TWENTY ONE TIMES. I live on the West Coast of the United States. Player population is a non-issue for me. I never have to wait for matches regardless of the time that I log in. Matches during CBMM, Strict SBMM, Moderate SBMM, Loose SBMM, were easily and quickly found for me. [i]Loose SBMM, which is almost like CBMM now, is the problem.[/i] My match history above shows exactly what's happening. If the high skill players are matched with players that can't compete against them, the [i]lower skill players leave.[/i]. High skill players might complain about match making times, but what difference does it make if they are matched against cannon fodder that leaves the match early resulting in a 4-5 min mercy match. Loose SBMM has resulted in such low quality matches that I don't even care if my team wins or loses. I'm just hoping that everyone stays in the lobby and the teams get to play to the end with the point differential less than 40 by the end of the match. [b]SBMM needs to be turned back up, this back and forth mercying is obnoxiously stupid.[/b]. My response to anyone who thinks otherwise is simple. The lower skilled players [i]ARE NOT STAYING IN THE MATCHES TO GET FARMED ANYWAYS.[/i]. My match history shows that the lower skilled players or high skill players who know their team is being farmed are leaving matches, when matched against high skill players and stacked teams. Which just creates $hitty matches ending in mercy matches. The natural consquence is that people who are mismatched will continue to leave matches. Eventually, they will leave enough matches that they just won't come back. All the people leaving my matches shows that SBMM is necessary. The concern when playing in the Crucible shouldn't be will my teammates stay, or will they not . . . .