I was just about to pop on here to say the exact same thing (no foolin', I swear).
The first part of the quest is the equivalence of making it to the last level of Halo 3 on Legendary, all skulls on, no deaths, and solo, only to get shot in the head by a grunt and the game going "Oops, you lose! I'm erasing your entire save data...see you in a month or two after getting everything again!"
I learned the hard way how this quest worked when I came off the greatest crucible match I have EVER done (Reign of Terror and a bunch of Relentless; 99% I never make it more than 2 kills before dying). Had it up to 82%. Tried to finish it off only to watch it drop 30% each match. Talk about infuriating.
I can already hear "Get gud, scrub" being prepared by the insensitive lot, but here's the thing; I know I suck at Crucible, will likely not touch Iron Banner for that reason. That is why there is PvE/Campaign stuff to do. That, however, is completely beside the issue at hand.
The point is the game shouldn't erase the progress you've made either because you had a bad match or had lag issues. Did Halo knock you so far back in essence? Nope. You reloaded and tried again; you memorized exactly where all the enemies are and what route to take; you practiced those grenade and rocket jumps to the point of an artform. Essentially...you were making progress even when you lost.
This quest, and other things like it, laugh in your face, slap your face, spit in your face, steals your chewing gum from you, and spits that same gum at you! Why the hell should anything be based on how lucky you are to survive the Crucible? We already have RNGesus to deal with in-game. Let's NOT add another random variable to this stuff!
"I got it in two matchs, noob." I hear some of you say. All I can say is "Good for you, now scram before I take this auto rifle and jam it where the sun don't shine and pull the trigger." You have NO idea how badly I want to do that to some guardians after a match.
I understand it needs a challenge, but come on! We do not have weeks straight of free time to do crap like that! We have JOBS and/or LIVES! How else can we afford to play things like Destiny? All I want to see is some straight-forward progress, no matter how badly things turn out and especially without relying on lucky streaks.
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I wan a say git gud scrub but ive spent a solid 2 months on this. Got to 96, now im back at 83.
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Well said. Do you think Bungie is listening though.
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I feel yr pain bud, its a bi+c# to do . As for iron banner , I felt the same and I sucked at PvP but I gave it a go anyway , I fukn luved it that much it got me more in to PvP equiped my last word and I ground like there was no tomorrow, kept getting up to 20 % then crash and burn . Was so pised I wanted to burn the quest from my mind tried to delete it but kept stopping just as discard bar was nearly full . For the first time last week I was talked in to running trials for fun , fuk me it was a blast , loved it , even got sum New gear for me troubles . This gave me a burning for more PvP took my last word with 0% in to clash PvP jus for fun and I got 78% in my first match then up to 99% in the second . 3 match I was downed every time I got a kill , 5 kills in bang , I DONE THE FUKR , well buzzing next step shotgun kills , fuk , let's begin again . My point is bud , is , don't give up . I am not good but I am getting betr at PvP , so will you guardian . I'll grind with ya . Xbox one