it does seem to work that way sometimes, I usually have a few good games then it all goes down hill

Because skill based matchmaking doesn't know the difference between skill and lag.

agreed, bungie need to make a decision on how they match make, is it going to be signal /connection or skill based because at the moment it doesn't seem to be either. Lag frustrates me more than anything, but playing solo skill based matchmaking also lets me down, sometimes my team is full of weaker players and im not really good enough to carry a team in control.

Yup the matchmaking creates the lag and the skill gap issues at the same time by trying to deal with BOTH at the same time....dumb system makes dumb matchups.