This is just the tutorial level... (Destiny)

by Durandal, Friday, April 24, 2015, 19:23 (3350 days ago) @ CyberKN

Many times the Crucible is like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jluv2HxFEqs

There are things you can do to make it better. Situational awareness is the big thing. Unless you are 18 and have the amazing hand/eye coordination (and i've known a few of those guys) you shouldn't just run around expecting to see someone and shoot them.

The maps are designed such that there are few blind corners, and most of the time you can only cover one or two entrances into the area. So you really need to feel out the flow of battle and know where to "expect" enemies to be. Conversely, you can learn somewhat to not be where your opponents expect you to be.

People often recommend staying on the perimeter of the map, and moving from cover point to cover point. This is in part an attempt to control your movement so enemies will always appear in front of you, where you expect them and are looking.

If you both are facing each other, it comes down to who is at the optimum range with the better gun (or whom has Felwinter's lie and a range approaching fusion guns).

If one person sees the other first they have a major advantage. You want to be that person.

I personally like control because players tend to move from point to point more predictably. Clash, Skirmish and the rest are more random because people spawn and move to areas they are comfortable with. This is much harder to predict and guard against people coming up from the rear. Except in Rumble, where there everywhere is dangerous ground and you can bait people in just by standing up.