Its no worries. Maybe today will be better!

I did the math last time. You can lose every single game and still hit rank 5 by Sunday

I don't use Thorn as often anymore, I've been using Vex Mythoclast (and have never had it bug out on me) but this is how I run in IB as well.

I actually get the 10 kill bounty solo almost every day. I hardly ever get it when I play with DBOers. I don't know why.

I play by myself if I want the bounties done as quickly as possible. I play with DBOers to get wins. I wish I could make it work at the same time :)

Your opponents are more likely to play strategically and call out an entrenched positions when you play with 4 or 5 DBOers. More likely to be flanked as a result when you're trying to sit back, or focus you down during a super.

You seem like you're not having fun, so not playing is the right choice for you - I'm totally with you on that.

Earlier today, I watched an enemy Titan cast Ward of Dawn, and then use Fist of Havoc--less than six seconds apart.

That sound fine to you?

This doesn't only not sound fine, it doesn't sound possible. Using Ward of Dawn wipes out your super counter - but even if somehow didn't, swapping subclasses wipes your super counter (and your melee counter, and your grenade counter). There's absolutely no way to do this (even if you're standing in a pool of orbs) in 6 seconds.

Sounds to me like something else happened (like, maybe, two teammates cast supers at the same time).

::shrug::

I go into trials looking to get the armor piece. That's not simple. You have to communicate well, get buff lucky, and also be pretty good. Getting to the lighthouse is difficult, and so is getting the 8 win reward. I never expect these things, I just hope.

Trials, generally, doesn't frustrate me, but it does excite me in clutch moments. It puts a lot of pressure on a person, and that is exhausting. I'll probably quit doing it at some point as fewer and fewer bad players even try. I would suggest everyone TRY trials, but there are some who shouldn't play it regularly. Those who care about losing quite a bit are the main ones.

Iron banner is far more forgiving than Trials, however.

Iron Banner just requires about a 20% win percentage. This is low. This is so low that it's difficult to string together that many random games and continue losing. Last night, we lost 4 in a row, but I can lose another one and win one and still have lost almost no rep. Or, we can lose every game and do the bounties. Zero problem hitting rank 5.

I suggested to someone on this forum that he try some crucible events (he is a purely pve player) with the "stop caring about losing" technique, and he said "I can try, but I will still care just enough to be frustrated." "Ahh, well shit. Don't play then."

If you can't get past caring "just enough," you definitely shouldn't bother. Honestly. If you aren't having fun, don't play that part of the game. And, if it's one of the last things that interests you in Destiny, then move on and play another game, or build something, or fix the deck, or buy a basketball hoop and get fit outside. Destiny will still be there to have fun with. You don't have to do everything every time.

Running with Obsidian Mind, I did three Nova Bombs in about 30 seconds due to a good pile of orbs on the B capture point on Anomaly. Twas fun for me :)