I just finally got past the double-play step (way too circumstantial for my tastes, bad kind of grind Bungie) and am working on the step for 150 precision kills when I decided to check to see what other ridiculous steps are left. Gotta say, the reset valor rank 5 times is absolutely insane beyond belief. And I thought it was originally reset 3 times? How many people reset rank 5 times last season, maybe 20 people?
I played the hell out of crucible last season (was the only thing for me to do in D2 for like 3 months) and only managed to reset ONCE. This step needs some significant nerfing. The time it took people in fireteams to get the original claymore was FAR less than this step alone (some could get it done in a single weekend with sweaty fireteams). Resetting 5 times in one season is impossible unless you only play crucible for at least 6 hours a day while in a fireteam steamrolling with 5x win streaks 100% of the time for 5 months straight.
I love grind, don't get me wrong, but as a solo player that is already screwed out of the vast majority of the best loot in the game, this is too much. Was bad enough getting 200 regular pulse rifles kills in crucible (took forever) now I have to do nearly the same but with precision kills only? If I only had to reset twice this would be something worth grinding for... but my goodness, resetting 5 times? I hope this was just put in as a temporary step to appease the claymore whiners when the broadswoard was announced (in order to let them completely forget about the claymore).
I'm losing my sanity playing crucible with weapons I hate (especially when I am on a forced losing streak due to the "Bungie algorithm" in which my weapons deal far less damage, I take far more damage, and the chances of stacked teams against me are amplified).
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you are literally wrong, i have soloed everything, reset once already and am on the step to play 25 of assorted game modes, and by NO means am I some crucible god. A mediocre player at best, i have spent 2 days of the dlc playing only crucible and otherwise havent played much at all. In those 2 days of grinding i caught like 4 win streaks of 4. i have accumulated about 2300 of the 10000 required points, and they will very likely drop a double valor weekend at some point. A long grind yes, but the scenario you laid out with needing a constant 5 win streak and a team of 6 is foolish. if you only play crucible and you are upset you obviously dont play very often and then this quest was not added for you.