Well, the metrics Bungie produced showed how dismal CBMM was, and how detrimental it was to the PvP experience. To add, that is exactly what is supposed to happen with SBMM. Bungie never said this was implemented to be [i]"less sweaty"[/i], at least not what I read, unless I've missed anything. SBMM's sole purpose is balance, but also, the part everyone seems to forget, its a [b][i]hybrid[/i][/b], so it most likely still has some sort of CBMM to help. Balance means everyone will put in alot of effort instead of top players getting everything easy, and average players getting nothing out of it but headaches, really. So yes, for the top people it will seem way more sweaty, because its now, all top players against each other, which is exactly how it should be. Just because you're at the top, doesn't mean it should be easy. In fact, the very nature of being in the top 500 is as sweaty as it gets, you don't just get a break from it. That's your lot, it gets way harder, you only have 499 places above you in the world... Expecting less sweat at that level is just confusing to me. You know the path to get there, how hard that was. That doesn't stop. Just because you worked your -blam!- off up to this, doesn't mean you should get it easier at some point. Being good at something just means you have way more responsibility, that's it. Join an elite group by choice, or earned skill that just puts you there by chance, and you effectively get less choices, with harder options because you've already reached the pinnacle, where less people reside. I'm not trying to speak for anyone, but just observing; the average players seem to be feeling like a weight has been lifted and they have more options, as I'm seeing crazy variety now in loadouts. I'm an average player and it feels way less sweaty than it did. Haven't seen that in years, but that's to be expected for larger groups in this change, at least to me.