I think at the end of the day, if this is what is happening - separating friends that would game together otherwise but don't because it's not fun and hurts their game experience - that's the bottom line right there, no point more valid. We can save the sweaty match ups for ToO and IB. I have to confess my best bud just started playing a few months back and he just happened to be fire team leader going into his first crucible match and I was astounded at what I found. I'm average - maybe good for average normally and I felt like a damn legend, I was able to take ridiculous risks and make absurd presses that bordered on disrespectful of their ability to counter me. It was fun for me but cannot have been fun for folks just catching a match or two, to run into me like that. I think in sheltering different ability levels in PvP Bungie has inadvertently sort of defeated the point of it. If they had a more varied experience there likely would have been a few other people on the team as experienced or more so than me to make a more equal and fun experience than what the newer guardians had in that match with me.