When I had to do 10 games of gambit on my first armor set , when I was done I wanted to run out into the street and let a bus run me over It was that painful , I don’t mind a couple games here and there , but 10 almost broke me

Hands down an easy activity made hard by the people playing it. Gambit has gotten dumb and simple. It needs changes that are coming. Mandatory? Nah mate. It's a choice for the solstice armour. You want that armor glow go get it. Gambit flat out was the easiest requirement to get.

The only issue I have with Gambit is the damage variance that occurs game to game. Some games I melt everything, including Invaders and others it’s the exact opposite. This is why I don’t enjoy playing Gambit. You’re either a Tank or a Turnip.

The only way I can tolerate gambit is playing an anti blocker/invader role, maleficence/scout/sword. I don't pick up motes unless I absolutely have to. I did four matches last night. That was about all I could tolerate.

No PvP mode should be mandatory, but again, if they don't force you to go there, those modes will be completely empty and PvP players will whine about not having any cannon fodder to feel powerful.

Sunset all gambit

Glad to hear it...did you see what I did there?

I'd rather play Gambit than the crapshow that is Crucible.

I don’t give a rat’s what Gladd said. Gambit is better than Crucible.

The idea of Gambit isn't bad. The mote banking, enemy waves, and primeval fights are pretty fun. It's just the incessant invasions, especially when you're already WAYYY behind is just frustrating and feels like griefing. There is no worse feeling in all of Destiny than losing motes to an invader, then their team banks and charges their portal, you get invaded again, either lose 15 seconds of progress hiding or lose more motes, then they summon their boss and because you have not banked alot of motes, your portal isnt charged and you cant stop halt them or heal their primeval. The PvP aspect of Gambit needs to be toned down a bit, the motes glitching through the floor needs to be fixed, the 5 mote blockers are unnecessary and can be removed, and the 15 mote blockers should be stronger or atleast more annoying. There should be an invading limit before the boss spawns. I don't mind getting slapped while my primeval is up so atleast let me get there so it feels like I'm actually making progress and competing. Otherwise, Gambit can be demoralizing.

Trials is far worse than gambit, but either way bungie still is going to throw quests and objectives to get people in there. Gambit is cake provided people use proper burst damage equipment, but many people tend to run things like snipers and truth in it with have lower damage output. Bungie has nerfed hell out of snipers since D1 such that damage output is outstripped by shotguns and other close range options and makes it such that if you can use a close range option you should do so because even if you die 3-4 times your damage output is still higher than the play it safe approach. Most common ways to lose at gambit: 1. People running low damage specials and shooting blockers with primaries which means they are spending exponentially more time not collecting motes or getting murdered by invader motes in hand. 2. People trying to get greedy with motes and then dying because of it and usually this directly correlates to previous problem where they are both greedy and take more than a few seconds to wipe out 2-3 blockers. 3. People who don’t pick up motes and watch as massive groups of them de-spawn. 4. People who ignore witches when boss spawns and start wasting special/heavy on boss up front. 5. Being “that guy” who won’t deposit the motes despite drifter saying “you have enough motes to summon primeval.” Don’t try to grab 5 more motes unless they are on ground on your way to deposit point at this point because it can easily cost you the game. Invaders aren’t that much of a threat if you can melt boss in span of time between invasions, which is very easy to do with falling guillotine/jotunn as primary dps options. Invaders only really become a major problem in 2 main situations and one is when you run into problem 1 and 2 at same time and people start tossing down 30 motes at once. Most teams aren’t coordinated to point they summon 3-4 blockers at same time then invade immediately after. They can also be an issue if your team is using low burst damage guns on the boss like mainly using primary or somehow being out of special/heavy/super when boss drops.