I avoided PvP for the most part up until recently. I was one of those PvE guys that came over to IB in order to get the leg armor that the RNG gods had seen fit to deny me after a multitude of Raids. I am not a fan of the Crucible but that's because I'm no longer a fan of PvP in general. Why? Simple, age and slower reflexes for one, sheer boredom for another. I can be competitive but not to the level I used to be. Also, it's even more of a grind than PvE. So, it's not enjoyable for me. But, I don't dismiss that it IS enjoyable and believe that those into PvP should have their due. Despite my best efforts, I found myself having fun. I had intended only to get to level 3 to get the leg armor but decided instead to keep playing until the event was over. I started playing late in the event so I was only able to obtain level 4 (but I got a matching set of gauntlets and boy do they look sweet). Being from the original PvP / Multiplayer generation I always find it incredulous that developers would actually start dismantling their efforts and intentions just because of some screaming masses in the PvP arena. Exploits? Yup, fix those. OP (insert item type here)? Nope. Players should learn to either beat them or join them. Improve your tactics, use cooperative teamwork, or use what seems to work. Other than that, please shut up. What ends up happening is when they try to "fix" something it ends up breaking it worse or disrupting something else unintentionally. Almost every muliplayer game treats a handgun like it's a death ray. I'm a weapon's instructor, handguns SUCK as a fight stopper. We use them because they are convenient NOT because they are effective. But, when we used to complain that the 9mm handgun was OP in CoD we were told, "Buck up and roll with it". My actual only real complaint about the IB event was that Bungie's assertion that "Power Mattered" was only true to a point. I noticed that while I was doing okay using a maxed out Vanquisher VIII auto rifle, I noticed that I was still getting edged by lower level players in an even match where we started shooting and scoring hits at about the same time. A buddy that started playing with me on the last day of IB was using a Rare level 20 Shingen-E auto rifle. I commented no it and he basically said, "Bungie's full of shit. Pay attention to impact, stability and fire rate, in that order". So, I used a level 20 rare Ghallahad auto rifle I had hung onto. I actually started getting consistent kills. When I started using a Suros Regime (NOT fully upgraded btw) I REALLY noticed an improvement and would get kills on people that had already been shooting me and should have killed me. Learn what works and run with it. See you guys in the next event. Until then, I'll be sticking with PvE.