Gambit was a game that had the germ of a good idea, but Bungie took shortcuts that can make for a pretty miserable experience for the solo player. (I nearly tilted this weekend when I realized to got stuck with blueberries who were just going through the motions to complete the challenges and weren’t even pretending to play to the objectives. They were just killing mobs and not making any effort to bank the motes). I think they did it because they were hoping that Gambit Prime would be the next Trials…but it didn’t pan out. The community soured on it, and Bungie sort of gave up on the game mode. It hasn’t had even a new map in 2 years.

I love Gambit. What I don't love is the constant invades when the other teams starts to edge ahead. And the Eyes of Tomorrow rocket launcher is straight busted in Gambit. I just take it for what it is, just like crucible, its an arcade/power fantasy shooter on a peer to peer connection. Attempting to be all mlg competitive will only lead to frustration.

Oh my,… where to start… Let me start this by saying a couple of things: - I’m pretty disenfranchised by Crucible these days, although I do play Elimination for entertainment from time to time and for my weekly Pinnacle. - I truly enjoy Gambit and have likely played twice or more the number of Gambit over the last few seasons than Crucible. - I am not an authority or an expert on Gambit, but have some thoughts to try to address your concerns. So, with having been said,… here are my observations. People who say they “know how to play Gambit” are like people who know how the pieces on a Chess board move and say they “know how to play Chess”. Probably stating the obvious, but there is strategy and tactics to Gambit that most people overlook. Combine this with people who show up just to do bounties and weapon calibrations, Gambit is a bit of,… pardon the pun,… a gamble. A couple of things I would mention, and this is not an all-inclusive list: Targeting Priorities - Understanding where the Team’s focus and concentration of firepower needs to be at any given time. This works like this,…start at the bottom and work your way up the list based on what is available: 1) Mote Mobs 2) Primeval 3) Envoys 4) Invader (Example: No Invader, kill the Envoys, no Envoys kill the Primeval, no Primeval, go generate motes.) Firepower needs to be directed together as a team as opposed to being “target whatever you want whenever you want”. Next,… Protect your assets: Again, work your way from the bottom up. 1) Defend each other’s flanks 2) Make sure the Bank is Open 3) Protect banked motes (i.e. stop the drain) 4) Protect carried motes (Teammate carrying less motes protects teammate carrying more.) Next, collecting motes should be a team effort of balancing the capability to send blockers,… not just a hoarding free-for-all. Pay attention to how many motes each other needs to get that next 5, 10, or 15 mark and prioritize pick up. If it’s blinking, grab it anyway, apologize later. Lastly, Banking is a timing thing,… look at how many motes the enemy is carrying, seek to coordinate sending pairs of blockers to create a drain and stop them from depositing while opening a portal and sending your invader (who should be targeting the enemy player carrying the most motes as a priority - not just “getting kills”). I could go on, but I think you get the point. If people would play as a team instead of more hoarding to get to the top of the scoreboard, you’d start winning more. Again, just my opinion.