A.) The only thing you were rewarded with from that match was an exotic shard - break that useless gun down. B.) If they didn't hand out goodies to the people that get spanked in the crucible, then those kids wouldn't bother playing anymore. C.) If you want the good gear, then play the system. Usually, if I am doing too well in a match, I will just start jumping off a platform somewhere to my death, and make certain my K/D is below 1. Then when the rewards pop I usually get a rare engram, if not a legendary weapon. If I do too well (K/D higher than 1) I am usually left with a shader, if anything. I have noticed, however, that if someone just goes total apeshit boss, and has a crazy high K/D, those that are at the bottom of the totem pole get rewarded even more. I watched a dude leave a game with with a K/D spread of 18, and the guy at dead last, with a K/D of 0.09 walked away with the Gjallahorn Ver 2.0. I could not believe that shit - guy had 1 kill, and caused us to lose, and he gets the best rocket launcher in the game. Next game I got 1 kill, then let the masses feed off my corpse. Walked away with The Chosen (legendary sniper) - but the highest K/D on my team was only around 1.5. I think there is a relationship between the first place player rolling for the bottom 3 or something stupid like that.