I made a new PS account a few months ago, to play around and have some fun with, but also to see where my "skill level" was at, compared to "lower skilled" players. I go straight into the crucible at rank 3 with the white Calcutta sniper and white handcannon (the first stuff the hunter gets) and no heavy, not unlocked yet and offcourse an totally un-upgraded subclass. My first 5 games i completely wrecked the opposition who had better weapons (legendaries etc) and most of them where around level 20-30. After a few more games i started to get matched up with level 40 players with fully maxed exotic weapons armour etc, and by my 10'th game in total my Kd was now around 1.6 - 2.0 (mostly because i was playing in a lower skilled pool then i am used to, my main Kd not even great btw, like 1.12) and i was now matching up with fully leveled sweaty players!! I even got matched up with a friend of mine (on my friends list on my main acc) which i KNOW FOR A FACT is a good player.. Its redicilous, here i am with my white weapons, level 15 or whatnot, getting constantly matched up against sweaties whit shottys, last words and the whole shabangabang!! Like give me a break, my character is obviously not ready for that, just because my Kd was good, my loadout and un-upgraded subclass is not ready for that after like 10 games of crucible.. This to me is the biggest proof of why SBMM is COMPLETELY AIDS and should be removed..

As a talented player with slightly more talented friends, even I start to feel this way during Trials. This matchmaking either undoes itself through excessive lag or simply feeling too sweaty. But what I hate the most are the matches that are a stalemate. Either team manages to take the lead back aggressively. In these games I find player participation bounces frequently and I lose a sense of contribution. Like I did poorly but we still won, but I could do three times as good or even worse and still have the match be a near stalemate. The algorithm is way too hard-handed. The game is way too methodical in how it tries to enforce a 50/50 win rate with 'balanced' teams. It's starting to feel as though when I'm doing the best I've done in awhile, I still feel damn horrible at the game. So when I actually perform terribly, it just makes the experience that much worse. I prefer a more lax matchmaking where the game isn't trying to stick to some self-righteous virtue, but rather just tries to put together the most convenient match-up and let people compete. The other part that has me annoyed is, our Destiny Tracker stats start to mean less when the system is literally designed around manipulating those stats. It's just kind of frustrating to see them fudge with something of a competitive gaming vice; our statistics. The other thing I don't like is the fact that matches would go by quicker if sometimes the teams were a little lopsided. I don't like every match coming down to the wire. And it just makes me believe that this whole 'Good Guy Bungo' scheme was just to try and make games last longer on average. #SpinMetalHat

Yeah I hate SBMM. At first I didn't why people were complaining about it. But the last few months my game really started improving, went from a .6 KD in clash to now about a 1.0. This last Iron Banner something changed in who I was matched with. My connection started to become crap as I keep yellow barring now and out of nowhere I'm matched with sweaties. I don't mind the challenge but at least give me a fair shot and not kill my connection on top of putting me in with try hards that are scared to engage without a MIDA and Sniper. It's honestly making me second guess getting rise of iron. I don't enjoy the crucible any longer.

Summon Cozmo!

What if ur leader of the fire team? When I'm leader with my friends we tend to get mercied but when our least skilled friend is leader we usually win

That's why my friends don't play with me. They can't keep up. It's really stupid I can't play a multi-player game with my friends because they can't even have fun when they struggle for a 1.0 with me. They seemed to miss that factor when sbmm was implemented.

If you need help with your crucible game, check out True Vanguard on YouTube. Seriously. I used to get my ass kicked every single game until recently, I've been watching and studying his gameplay as well as his tutorials. Since then (like, the last two or three weeks or so) unless I'm messing around for fun or get matched with crazy good people, I've been topping the Rumble list on a regular basis with 1.5, 2+, and 3+ KDR games, and even three 5+ KDR games! Even earned my Chaperone and got three Phantom medals legit, which I thought was a good accomplishment for me lol. Start by playing Rumble or Skirmish. 6v6 really isn't the best place to develop 1v1 skill, since you don't really get into a 1-on-1 very often. One of the best things you can do is play a couple of games, record that gameplay and watch it. Notice what you're doing wrong, and think strategically how you could have gone about this situation any better. If you don't have a capture card, I know PS4 can record 15 minutes of play, and the Xbox I think is 5 minutes(?). But just attack certain situations with your head screwed on straight, so to speak. Don't charge headlong into 1v2 or more, try to make all your encounters 1v1 by cutting off other opponents' sight lines to you and pulling opponents into choke points. Don't challenge the shotgun in it's own environment if you don't have a shotgun. Don't challenge the sniper lane if you don't have a long range weapon. You want to play to your strengths, not everyone else's. Also, stay alive as much as possible. If an encounter goes south and you're given the opportunity to run away, do it. There will be another fight, another opportunity for a kill, but you want to try and deny the kill for whomever has the advantage on you. Maybe in fleeing you can get them to chase you, which instantly puts you at the advantage because you then can decide when you want to fight them again by pulling them into whatever room you feel comfortable engaging them in. I hope this helps. I obviously don't claim to know everything, and you'll get far more tips and strats from TV's channel, but for real go check him out. It will take some practice, but it'll also make a night and day difference.

Bungie's SBMM is a failure. Bungie's decision to not remove it, is pure amateurism.

I'm not defending sbmm but surely there is a higher chance of getting ruined by a top tier player without it .

I'm sorry to say this but... You just need to git gud , if you become better at the game you can play with your friends and even help them , just find a weapon which suits your play style and go , also you can test out any weapon you want in private matches :)