5/3/16: I have edited this post to take out what might have been construed as whining. That was not my intent at all and I do not believe that Bungie should make the game "easier". My intent was to have Bungie make some sort of Crucible "practice" that would allow players (especially newbies like myself) to be able to have some Crucible training on the maps and get an idea of what to do in them. This "practice" would strictly gain players skills. I've gotten great tips and ideas from the players responding to this post, so Thank You Everyone!!! _________________ I've only been playing Destiny for 4 months. I am a newbie at the whole First Person Shooter game and based on what I saw when my son was playing Year 1, I decided to give it a try. I love the fact that my whole family can play together, which is why we have 3 separate Xbox consoles, Destiny games, Xbox accounts and TVs in our house. The April Update has improved the game with all the additions and changes, but it also made it even harder since I'm new. I get that you needed to make it harder for the really good players and for the other players (like me) to work even harder to get through, but it would have been nice if you could have put in some practice levels of PvP that have no rewards and are simply there to boost your skill and knowledge levels in PvP. It has been extremely hard to learn the maps when I can only get a little ways in before getting killed. Props to all the really good players who know the maps and have the great gear that are killing me! It would be so cool to be able to select an option to progress and play against players in PvP who have similar gear and skill level. Maybe these guardians could play against "training opponents", in something like a "hollowdeck" from Star Trek or something that could be strictly optional. For instance on Star Trek, Lieutenant Worf would fight in the "hollowdeck" against progressively harder "opponents" as his skill level increased and Bungie could do something similar. Lord Shaxx could take guardians through different levels of training with guardians assess by gear and skill level grouped together like classes. The guardians in the classes could fight different "training opponents" for lack of a better definition and as you progressed, you could then compete with your peers in non-reward Crucible matches. Everyone in this optional program would advance at individual rates of progression and when you were ready you could then go on to real Crucible, Iron Banner and Trials of Osiris. This would allow the people playing these Crucible "practices" to compete against similarly skilled guardians. This would be strictly optional and players could just play the game as is of course. It would also be great to make an optional "walk-thru" section of the game that players could just take their time to work through to learn the Crucible maps. So come on Bungie, add some stuff that can help everyone if they choose to use it and can also help lower and mid skill level players to be able to compete against each other, and get better skilled in the process!