So i have broken this down by step, assuming that each steps progress will not be retroactive through prior steps (excluding rank gained) The premise behind this grind is that you can semi consistently land top 3 in rumble (which will be considered a win). Also, for some of the valor gained calculations i average out the minimum valor gained with 100% losses, and the maximum gained with 100% wins, and then add on a little bit assuming that above average players will win more often than not... 1- 200 pulse rifle kills... 6v6 is the place to go obviously... 15 games seems reasonable if you lose all of these games you will be at 150 valor, if you win them all you will be about 313 valor so lets use an average of about 230 valor 2- reach heroic..... PLAY RUMBLE, top 3 will count as a W which is really not that difficult, and rumble games can be extremely quick.... you will need another 120 valor which can be done with 7 straight top 3 finishes... you will be about 360 valor 3- 75 double plays,,, this one is a long one, for example mtashed is considered a top tier player and averages 1.3 double play medals per game.... the optimal playlist for this? MAYHEM!!! (also playing more aggressively in QP) In mayhem i would assume it would take 30 games? In QP i would say 70. Lets use 30 games, you will have gained between 300 valor and 1100 valor... lets use 800.. putting us at 1160 or Mythic rank 4- 150 precision pulse rifle final blows..... back to 6v6 obviously. 15-20 games seems reasonable.... thats another 170 to 495 valor gained... lets use 380 gained putting us at 1540 valor... still mythic -50/50/50 elemental kills. in mayhem thats Like 10 games.... outside of mayhem? probably less than 15 games if you focus on energy weapons thats between 100 and 450 valor gained,, lets use 330 putting us at 1870 valor or legend rank -25/25/25 matches..... there really is not a quick way to do this..... 75 matches completed is 75 matches lol 50 of these will grant valor... so you will be guaranteed to be at reset after this step... DONT RESET -complete 20 bounties.... this step should take no time at all... hold on to all of the bounties up untill this step.... MAYBE 5 more games -Reset valor 5 times.... if you want to power grind this i recommend RUMBLE. It should be relatively easy to maintain top 3 finishes,,,, and rumble games typically go quicker. So rumble will be a playlist where above average players can maintain streaks and power through the grind... Because you are already at reset you need to grind through 4 more resets.... which can be done with 320 STRAIGHT rumble top 3 finishes....which could take twice as long if you are 50/50 for getting a top 3 finish... This totals out to 485 games played... assuming you manage to ALWAYS land in top 3 in a rumble match, and i would assume if you are 50/50 for getting into the top 3 in rumble this entire questline will take more along the lines of 800-900 games played...... IN ONE SEASON. Now i average 9.9 minutes per match...(but rumble should be quicker) So for good players who can ALWAYS manage a top 3 finish, this will take 80 HOURS of PvP For the more average player this will take approximately 140-200 hrs of PvP and for the less crucible abled among us,,, i woud wager 250+ hrs.... This means that all of you CURRENT claymore owners,, who could potentially get a broadsword drop on day 1, are going to be at a huge advantage for quite a while.