So several isolated incidents mean that it's a trend? You and "everyone you've spoken to" see it one way, and then it's concrete fact? I repeat; there are millions of instances of crucible matches every DAY. You do NOT know how they all end based on your couple of hundreds of rounds' experience, and your friends as well. I [i]have[/i] seen legendaries and exotics go to top players. I've also seen legendaries and exotics go to bottom players. They are random bonuses, not meant to be ground out. Grind for legendary gear from marks and rep, that's the one way you can guarantee gear and weapons from doing the crucible.