[EDIT: Edits will be appended at the end of post] Believe it or not, but I was recently thinking of writing a positive post with regards to Forsaken, which I have been thoroughly enjoying so far, at least on the PvE front. Now I'm frustrated. I have been trying really hard to enjoy the PvP. I work hard to improve my skills and game sense, but it's been a while that I have been frustrated with a few crucial issue. To put things in perspective, I consider myself a [i]decent[/i] crucible player. I like teamwork, playing the objective, having a K/D above 2.0, no more than 10 deaths in a long match, and I put a lot of energy into achieving these goals. You can probably count me among those who take PvP more seriously... maybe even too much, but I'm competitive by nature. Here are the things I take issue with: 1- The matchmaking feels rigged to make you loose. I think this is a symptom of giving you the "50%" win/lose chance like Overwatch, but it feels more like you just have a 50% chance of being matched with people who will quite literally spend all match feeding points to the enemy. I feel dragged down by people who don't give two shits about actually [i]thinking[/i]. I would rather be matched with like-minded people rather than just being given a "50%" chance to win. Reminds me of Halo: Reach which had a system to pick whether you are chatty/quiet, play to have fun/ to win. I miss those days terribly when faced with Destiny's PvP. 2- The -blam!-ing spawn system. I saw "-blam!-ing" because that's what it does to you. "Hey, you died to a roaming super? Let's respawn you... in front of the same super!" One time, I got hung up in spawn. I wondered why, and the message next to the timer said something astonishing, something along the lines of "We're trying to find you a good spawn". I had never seen that message before. I looked forward to spawning in peace. We'll, after deliberately delaying my spawn, I respawned in the corner of midtown with a foe no more than 10 meters away from me. He killed me out of spawn, right after I was able to check my sensor for nearby enemies. Thanks game. Now, an aside on the latest installment of Iron Banner, which is a recent frustration, since I actually enjoyed playing IB to some degree back in season 3. 3- Power level advantages. Why? Because a handful of people have played so much that they hit higher power levels than everyone else and want to feel good about it? Well, I would wager few people give a damn about people's power level. It's not like we have much control over the matchmaking in that regard anyway. Seems to me like it's just gating off content for legacy players and newbies who started playing recently. Sounds like a shitty move to me. I don't think that power level advantage adds anything meaningful to the game as a whole. For [i]all[/i] players. Not just those with more spare time. Please Bungie, take the time to review the the aforementioned issues. It is worth the time. Improvements made now can improve the Crucible experience for years to come. It's overdue, since these issue have been plaguing the game for months. [EDIT] Having taken some time to cool off, and read some comments, I come with a slight change in perspective. I would like to acknowledge the difficulties of being a solo player (although I'm one of the few to use the text chat to relay some info or call regroup). I don't often take the time to group up, or LFG. And I am particularly harsh in my portrayal of those players that don't meet my absurdly high standards. Clearly, that one is on me. With regards to matchmaking and communication, it just makes me miss the good ol' console days with Halo, where we had ample playlists to choose from, as well as automatic voice chat (and everyone's console ships with a headset) so I believe there was some built-in ability to tailor your gameplay experience to your own preferences, to a degree. As for level advantages, I know about it's origin in D1. I was there, and it doesn't matter that it has always been there (until D2). I never thought it was a good idea, and that 1 or 2 points of damage can make a difference (6+ resilience health increment). Every bit of damage counts. My main issue is with the inability to play with low power level characters, as mentioned in the original post. To know the extent of the damage difference between drastically difference power levels, just check it out on youtube. Based on the video I saw, it is pretty bad. (BTW, I was around power level 225 with my prefered loadout while playing Iron Banner). As for those who mentioned level design. I agree! The levels are clearly designed for 4v4, as that was the original team size in D2. An extra 2 players makes for very crowded matches, which is undoubtedly affecting the frequency of being attacked out of spawn. I have actually already brought that up in other posts. I forgot to do it here. Lastly, for those that mention the Peer-to-Peer networking system. I am familiar with it. It doesn't matter with regards to the points I mentioned. Indeed, you may notice the lag when fighting an opponent and there is nothing to be done about it. It can and will impact your ability to win fights, particularly 1v1's. It's a convenient way to save money for the company, with a usually slight compromise to the quality of the experience. Let the clients of the game relay data between each other, and have minimal responsibility on the game servers. While I'm sure that the microtransaction revenue would be plenty to maintain proper servers, it was their choice to do this. I think that dedicated servers are a no brainer for the PvP side of things, but that is a topic of its own. Thanks for commenting.