Actually this is just luck, on my hunter I purposely finished last 50 games of control in a row and I noted the items each place received after the game. In 50 games nobody got an exotic, and the only placing to get any legendaries was 3rd place with one heavy and one boot engram For blue distribution it went as follows: 1. 3rd place 2. 1st Place 3. 6th place (me) 4. 5th place 5. 4th place 6. 2nd place So according to my 50 game data point the best place to finish would be third as it was rewarded with the most legendary and blue items, However you'd be better to place last than 2nd. The system is purely random so my 50 game study really means nothing when it comes down to it. However this pisses me off to no end as i believe the person in first should be guaranteed a blue or higher and the only people who get legendaries should be third or higher exotics 2nd or higher. Reward skill in this broken mess of a PvP maybe more people will play it.