Hi,
I'm a year 1 player and in pve I've done almost everything. I was very occasionally playing pvp however since December I decided that I really wanted to get better in pvp. I am a very committed person and I take quite seriously the goal of improving. I'm playing only pvp now, every day, at least 2 hours. I watch lots of videos about strategies and tips and I know that I have to have realistic expectations.
Despite my best efforts I feel very frustrated and disappointed. In almost 3 months my kd has improved only from 0.72 to 0.73. I feel like I am constantly massacred in the crucible by players a lot more experienced than me and that makes me sad because the match-making should be skill based and I don't understand why I end up with people so above my level.
Trials of osiris is literally out of discussion. It is over crowded by professionals (which literally do that for money) and I feel like I'm just feeding easy kills for them without learning anything at all.
As many pro player suggest in their videos I'm trying to play a lot of Rumble to improve my gun skills and be able to compete in 1v1 engagements. Well every time I play I normally lose very bad the first 3-4 matches and only after the match making breaks those teams 4 times I can finally find more "affordable" players at a level I can compete and learn. The problem is that it happens over & over every day. So before I can enjoy a pvp match it takes roughly 1 hour of hard defeats every day which is tedious, annoying and it really challenges my patience.
I don't understand, I can do all the hard raids easily so I'm not a newbie in this game but in pvp either I am so so unbelievably terrible... or the level of pvp players out there is tremendously high ....or the skill-based match making literally fails all the time to put me with the right players and it take time to re-understand it every day.
Am I doing something wrong?
Is there anything else I'm missing and that I should do to improve?
Thanks
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First, switch to control jump and use fire keeper. They nerfed health regeneration. Keep your thermal vent and when you melee someone stand inside of the sun spot to get an oversheild while shooting them as they go flying. Is pretty hilarious actually. - ALWAYS WATCH YOUR RADAR. Watch it more than the screen. You should see your radar when you go to sleep at night. - If you see red on your radar DO NOT GO THAT WAY! This is a noob mistake and I have seen people get really frustrated when addicted to this bad habit. You should back up and anticipate an enemy movement from that direction. If they don't push you and you constantly see red...they are watching you on their radar. Disengage and wait for your idiot teammate to do what I just told you not to and team shot them for the kill while your teammate dies. - Time your abilities and your super. Lots of people using Sunbreaker will run and jump right at 4 enemies AND THEN pop their super only to get team shot. Pop your super around a corner while your team is engaged in gun fire and THEN run at them, sun charging your way to 3+ kills. - Try not to push without a nade or melee to back you up. Doesn't always work, but if you run into 2 players: with a nade you can stick one and primary the other who is most likely hurt from the first one blowing up...without a nade get team shot and maybe take one out on your way out. - If you see red coming in on your radar while picking up heavy...RUN AWAY. Most likely this is a super and your team is going to die. - Last point: You don't always have to win the gun fight. This is a big deal because if you're engaged with an enemy and another one shows up you can spare your life by simply running away. Don't try to force a kill. Just run away and fight some one else. There are 6+ guardians. I'm sure you'll find another one. This is extremely useful in Trials where there is a lot of push/fall back/push based on health and other factors. - Very last point: Bungie even said it's themselves so I'll give them some credit. Primary weapons are rewarding in that if you land your shots...you'll win the fight. If you get nervous you won't and you'll lose. Stay calm and just land shots. Understand that you can only focus on one player at a time unless your kjhovey... Make sure that player dies. - OK OK VERY SERIOUSLY THE LAST POINT: ALWAYS COMMIT! Countless times we are all guilty of this. Make a decision and stick too it. If you see red and you made the decision to run in and shoot whatever is over there....better just do it. If that was a mistake and you died from 6 dudes with doctrine...don't do that again. If you make a decision to run away and live to fight again...just do that. Don't run, then turn and see then jump...doesn't work. COMMIT. Ok I'm done ;)