My Tips: #1: Practice your Fundamentals. Most of the time when I'm playing 6v6, 50% of people I killed were grounded, couldn't aim or were out in the open. You need to take advantage of your standard First Person Shooter skills starting with Movement, Aim Tracking and Use of Cover to help you STAY ALIVE. #2: Resource Management. Too many times I have used and seen weapons or loadouts that DO NOT WORK on certain maps or gametypes. Things like using short range guns on long range maps vice versa, not utilizing HEAVY AMMO and not using available abilities to the advantage etc. Make sure you are switching scopes, weapons types (Special ammo included) and using your abilities like supers, grenades, melees and class abilities when available as good habit. I have lost Comp matches because someone didn't use a super, pick up heavy, change their guns, grenade a doorway etc. #3: Map Control All us Halo Players know that Map Control is King. Standing in places of the map that are strong for angles or holding your side of the map can be SUPER EFFECTIVE during a match. KNOW YOUR LANES AND POWER POSITIONS. I have controlled spawns in this game simply by staying back when my team has overextended to the point I know the spawn will flip. You gotta know how to measure the pressure your team is putting on the enemy and know when to push the advantage and when not to. #4: Weapon and Armor Build Crafting. KNOW YOUR BUILD. Pair your exotics with your abilities and sub-classes properly by looking at a guide online or analyzing them yourself. Pair your Mods with the weapons your using for maximum effectiveness. What's the point of a SWORD MOD in Crucible when your not using one or BOSS SPEC on a gun in Control when there are NO ADS IN PVP??? Again, before you jump in, look up a guide or ask for help if you don't know. You can do whatever you want but learning new things can be cool most of the time. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. #5: Mindset Accountability Look, the salt can be real at times but you have to have control over your thoughts when things turn out not in your favor. Not everyone is a Warrior who lives for the thrill of battle and wants to die a good death for the hell of it but for those that aren't, most of the time there is something YOU could have done in the situation. The moment you stop believing you could have done something is the moment you limit your self thinking which in turn limits your actions. Got sniped? Why? Peaked down a lane right? How could you have prevented this? 1. Emoted to look around the corner down the lane. 2. Team Callouts 3. Not peaking the lane and playing into their advantage The point is that when something happens to you, the moment you give up trying to figure out what YOU could have done, you will most likely auto-pilot and continue to do what's not working then blame the other person for what happened. Me personally, I don't like Snipers. Pet peeve of mine. Can I Snipe? Yes but do I? No. Do I cry because I got smacked? No because I peeked a lane or didn't slow down to get information on their location. You gotta slow down and focus. Take what's going on into account on your behalf and the enemy. When I get taken out, I nod my head in respect because they took the opportunity or I -blam!-ed up and am now about to correct my mistake. Your mindset will help your decision making at all levels and it's a long process of knowledge that you can choose to filter through in order to better yourself. You don't have to but it's relevant and important to why things happen the way they happen. I got more but that's all ima say for now. GLHF. EDIT 1: Reading back at my own post, I realise in the Map Control Section that it describes a Zoning playstyle, I can APE or push too but this was just a standard couple of tips for those just needing general knowledge. The different playstyle usually are seen by those who at least mastered their craft past the list above. Just a side note.