I so agree with you on how people blame weapons.... just yesterday I commented on a post saying pvp is 80% gun skill and 20% the weapon..... my point being that you can give a top tier weapon to a person that is shitty in pvp and yes he will improve but give that weapon to a top tier pvp'er and he will dominate due to skill.....me personally I will have to grind and have luck on my side in the trials due to the fact that im not all that talented in pvp but all that means is I will have to work harder at it not blame the weapons or maps or bungie....... for instance to get my thorn I worked weeks but my son who is a beast in pvp finished hid full bounty in about 2.5hr and I mean complete and the only primary he had was atheon epilog and sword breaker on his hunter..... were as I had all the top weapons to do mine with.... so I do tip my hat to those who accel at pvp because that in truth is were the real talent lye's ...... raids and strikes only require practice and time for the most part because every part is constant and un changing