Fucking this. There are several pieces of faction gear that have better stat and skill spreads to suit how I want to build my character, but it's requiring a ton of grinding through the Crucible in order to get enough rep/marks to actually get to any of it. I'm not ashamed to admit that I absolutely fucking suck at PvP, so running through the maps, losing about 80% of my one-on-one firefights, losing the match and getting 2 marks at a time has worn out its welcome really quickly. I can't even manage most of the crucible bounties because they tend to require a degree of high performance that I can't match up with.
Yeah, I know, "git gud" and all, but at least grinding through patrols, Vanguard bounties, and strike playlists was something I could get into a groove on and still felt like I was accomplishing things. Getting wrecked by a bunch of people with an extra decade of shooter experience has been aggravating to say the least.