This (Destiny)

by Xenos , Shores of Time, Wednesday, February 18, 2015, 10:46 (3803 days ago) @ ckamp

Anytime Bungie puts out an event like this with rewards, it draws people into the mix who would not be playing otherwise. Instead of fighting the people who play crucible all the time for fun, you're getting people who may hate crucible, but are playing for the rewards. As such, as a skilled player, you're probably already hitting the top tier players on a normal basis in crucible. Now however, there are a lot more less-skilled players in the pool and you are rolling them.

I noticed this phenomena too. I'm not a slouch, but I do much better in IB than in regular crucible.

Yeah I've noticed this too, and when I DO get matched against someone 5 levels higher than me who knows what they're doing I do get stomped pretty hard. It just happens way less often.