Yes, skill should be important, thats why there is the crucible isn't it? My impression was that he crucible should be a balanced gamemode where skills, abilities, weapons and armor should be normalized so that SKILL is the defning factor. I thought Iron Banner was supposed to strip all normalization of gear so that GEAR has a larger impact. Yes skill will still matter, but a level 4-5 players shouldn't be anywhere near the level 20+'s in terms of damage or armor. At this point none of these 'weekly' events seem to have any real meat to them, they all seem to be the same foundation with a thin layer of chipped paint.