My problems with the Crucible (Destiny)

by Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) , London, Ontario, Canada, Thursday, October 02, 2014, 08:30 (3504 days ago) @ yakaman

• The Crucible does not reward the same style of play as in story and strike missions. (Arguably the Crucible punishes the more deliberate "small bites" playstyle I prefer.)
  
  
• Combat in the Crucible is so fast-paced that an encounter is over before I can really absorb the context; it's very hard for me to learn as a result.
  
  
• I have real trouble with target discrimination; opposing forces don't have a distinctive silhouette or colour scheme, I have to look for a bipedal form that *doesn't* have an insignia over its head. It's not a long delay, but with the fast pace of Crucible combat it's often enough to cost me my shield and thus the engagement.
  
  
• Because of the above I rarely live long enough to explore (and learn) the maps. I never feel I have time to find my way around, and I keep encountering nasty surprises.
  
  
• Related to the above, I can't set a private match to just poke around and learn the map in advance. Spending time exploring means effectively shorting my team, which is not a way to win friends and influence people.
  
  
• I think there's something wrong with the matching; admittedly I've only played 4 matches, but in all of them the side I was on was crushed with ~5000-point spreads. I always felt like I was a drag on the team.
  
  
• Without inter-player communication it's hard to coordinate a team, or even to get tips on play.
  
  
• I've grown to despise Lord Shaxx's "more in sorrow than in anger" post-game narratives; it's petty, I admit, but it feels like the game is rubbing my nose in every loss and that's no way to win me over.

Maybe my issues would resolve with more practice, but when other aspects of the game are so much more enjoyable for me I don't see any reason to "grind" through.

-- Steve enjoys the patrol mini-missions more than the Crucible. This is not intended as high praise for the mini-missions.