I was going to try going for Luna's, but after tonight, forget it. Stupid matchmaking screws me every time. My Glory went for 1300 down to 600 thanks to not winning a single match all night. I'm going to do the remaining 8 matches I need for Broadsword, then I'm not touching competitive again for at least this season.

Still better than last season. ...I really didn't like last season comp.

Remove countdown and survival from the playlist, they are failures as far as game modes go, especially countdown. Then maybe, just maybe comp would be bareable. Right now, it is the apotheosis of non-fun.

I’m on heroic on my last reset for Broadsword. Once that is done, aside from milestones, not setting foot in there again. I do much worse in other PvP games and never have the frustration over the ridiculous shit that happens in this one. Shotguns have just become the new graviton lance and have too much range for a quick one shot kill. Luna’s Howl is literally unbeatable and only makes the best even better (what’s the point?). Killed through walls. Supers that are either way better than other ones or incredibly inconsistent. Inconsistent melees. Shoulder charge either locks on and flys up into the air to get people or completely whiffs by going through people. It’s just awful.

Comp is making me want to break my controller... i just want this fkn broadsword, and apparently that means i have to HATE everything about the game?

I used to love PVP. I wish Bungie would give us a skills-based matchmaking option similar to QP. I still like Gambit, but the opposing team sabotaging the team the servitor drops for is bogus. That has to be fixed.

Bungie should just stay away from the word "competitive". They have absolutely no idea what they're doing and, quite frankly, are disgracing themselves to a degree I doubt they'll ever recover from in trying to make D2 a "competitive pvp experience". Lets take for instance the "comeback mechanics". In a competitive game, the idea of comeback mechanics completely counters the entire point of competitive. If you're a game developer trying to develop a competitive game and you don't understand why comeback mechanics completely undermine the entire point of competitive gaming then you have no business being in the competitive scene. Competitive isn't supposed to be "casual friendly", it's supposed to be competitive, meaning that you win or lose based on your skill versus your opponents skill. If you suck, you deserve to lose, flat out. If you're doing really well, the game shouldn't be handicapping you just because your opponent sucks, it should be rewarding you for doing really well. Any game where comeback mechanics are a feature only fosters bad players. These mechanics do not inspire players to improve because they tend to believe there is no need for improvement. The usual sentiment is something akin to "these guys are supposed to be pros but look how good we're doing against them". Competitive games that let bad players lose tend to chase away the casual crowd, but you cannot build a successful competitive game around pve'ers or casual pvp'ers, as Bungie learned the hard way with D2. Then again, that's a lesson I'm pretty sure Bungie already learned once but Bungie has a track record of not learning from their mistakes... and have become a general guideline for other developers on how not to develop your game. Competitive games that let bad players lose tend to chase away the casual crowd, true, but competitive games that try to appease the casual crowd always fail in the competitive scene and chase away their competitive crowd because truly competitive players, at least the ones who play for the competition anways (fk you sad, pathetic cheaters out there) tend to enjoy games where they are allowed to shine based on their skill. Competitive games that punish players for playing poorly also, however, have the side effect of showing those players that "they suck and need to improve their skills more". Casual friendly games that give bad players advantages for the sake of "keeping the game fun and competitive" tell these players "you're fine as you are, no need to improve."

I suspect plenty of comp players play QP to farm kd I am utter poo at pvp but in 2 consecutive matches on friday on the opposing team was a player with the emblem displaying a 3kd and then the following match a player wrecking with Luna's Howl. Both finished with 40+ kills. Both of those players should surely be testing themselves in comp. I am so bad I would have no worse a time playing comp instead of qp at the moment.