Having been a former Clancy GRFS and LV player as well as a long time Halo and Destiny player, I found the PVE and DZ very a refreshing and enjoyable experience in my run up to level 30. I met my fair share of good quality players through MM in the story mode and randomly in the DZ. I even played with few former Destiny friends at times. Now though, few of them play the game any more and I do prefer to run solo in the DZ most times.......accepting the risks that come with it. I was unaware of the weapon switching glitch that I was clearly falling victim to at times and found out about it while reading some recent update notes that stated it had been addressed.
The thing I am now having trouble with is players who are basically 20 or more DZ levels higher than me are wiping me out with either a very short weapon burst or a single shot. I am literally on my knees before I know what hit me. I could handle this better if it did not happen so often,. but the frequency has made playing in the DZ virtually a waste of my time and very frustrating, to say the least.
I get there are going to be some skill gaps and gear differences that play into surviving in the DZ. I get that players with exploit glitches or out right cheat, I have used MM or LFG's and found that players can't always be trusted, can't control their fire around randoms and send the group rouge or simply go rouge intentionally against what I or others in the group may want. I am loosing high level gear for all these reasons on a regular basis. I am getting tired of playing in the one part of the game that I used to enjoy so much.
You can say "tough luck" or "get better" or any number of things. I feel like I deserve a fighting chance one on one in the DZ. If you have some legit advice, give it to me. I have quality gear and settings for my level. I am an experienced FPS player. Is the game really that unbalanced or saturated with cheating and glitches?
Things were very hard for me in the DZ when I was below level 30 and even before I reached some higher levels on the DZ rank. I would recommend finishing the PvE missions to reach level 30 and get better gear. I am currently DZ level 51 with GS 187 and still get killed easily by rogues. You have to avoid them or team up.
I also like to play solo, but I do team up often and I have met many nice people in the DZ that helped me get better stats and gear. Seriously! Once you get that, things will start to be easier, particularly against NPCs.
I logged onto the forum today to see if I had any response and saw only the one by a player that did not seem to fully read my post. I did not have much time to read the forum last night before posting and now can understand why there was only one response.
It was either a poor OP or it is the fact that there is so much saturation of cheating and glitches and unbalance......which I have now been able to take the time to read about. SO many threads, so many responses, deleted videos of cheaters, etc. After having been a dedicated forum user and game researcher since the beginning of Halo and through Destiny, I decided to just experience a game as just a game, minus the influence of what you read in forums and news articles. It can seriously affect your enjoyment of a game.
The game is loosing my interest by the day because of what I described in my OP. It is too bad because I saw something in it that I felt was going to hold my interest for a long time.