My personal opinion below: The Crucible has way more to it than just trying to kill people. The basis: understanding the game type, understanding your team, understanding the weapons your enemy team is using and last but not least spend time playing it so it can help you understand the system. ****Crucible game type -Start with "Control" game type. the objective is simple, capture zones and kill people. this game type is the easiest to start as it is less aggressive as other game types. ****-Adapt to your team. -If your team plays defensive play aggressively -if your team plays aggressively, play defensive - if your team move in groups, move with them and support them, cover their back, etc. ***the Radar**** -with the use of the radar you can tell where your enemy is coming from and you can react/plan fast enough to hopefully land a kill. Also, if you crouch and move slowly you will not appear on the enemy radar which can be used to your advantage for a surprise attack. *****killing enemy players***** -always shoot at the head of enemy players, just pretend there is no body and you have to hit the head only. -Player lvl advantages are disabled (except for Iron banner) which means if you are a lvl 2 you will do the same damage as a lvl 32. this is explained with the sole intention that you could wear any armor to boost your grenades, your specials, etc to better aid you in your crucible experience for example, you are using auto rifle and the gauntlets you are using provide faster reload for auto rifles. 5 milliseconds or even less on your favor can grant you several kills on a match. ******Maps and weapons***** -closed maps = shotguns (you may not want to get close to players unless you are using a deadly close encounter weapon) -Large maps = scout riffles, autos, snipers, HC. ******special bar usage******* -know when to use your special, there is nothing wrong in holding your special until you see three players you can kill with a single special use. you may use it zones being captured by multiple enemy players, to denied the enemy player from picking up Heavy ammo (my favorite). on a regular match, heavy ammo is called from 3 to 4 times, depending on your gear, if it grants you bonus to increase/replenish your special you may use more than 3 specials sometimes on an entire match, allowing you to kill numerous amount of players. Closure. -there is a lot of over powered guns in crucible right now which allow players to take advantage of less experience players, like the hand cannon Thorn. do not get discourage by this, do not confront the player that has thorn, try to avoid it. make your experience fun by creating your own strategies.