Practice practice practice. Learn the map layouts, learn approach strategies by using abilities and the environment. Choose a weapon and ability set that suits you and master them. Watch your radar constantly and learn to pick your battles. Win some, lose some. Complain on the forums about balance, get told to git gud, respond in kind. Play Iron Banner when it comes around. Gain metagame experience. Learn to despise point A on Blind Watch. Take a break and run some raids. Then practice some more. Hope this helps.

I can give you a few tips if you want! 1) never play alone. Hunt with your team. Only go into rumble once confident in skill. As a lone wolf you will be outnumbered, outmaneuvered, and outgunned. The strength of the wolf is the strength of the pack. If need be, play with a friend! Going in with a fireteam makes it easier to dominate the other team. I'd love to help you if you are on Xbox one! GT is GhastlyGunter. 2) use the weapon you are most comfortable with. This means practice in PVE. Until then, I recommend an auto rifle in the crucible. They are pretty generic, easy to learn weapons for beginners. For pulse rifles, hand cannons, and scout rifles, pve practice will help you. Focus on timing precision shots and learning you effective range with the weapons you are using. You will also learn what secondary best complements your primary weapon type and play style. For example- I use thorn. Thorn is quite effective mid-short range, so I bring in my sniper to help me with the longer range kills. 3) play the objectives (in control). People are attracted to the zones. Take advantage of that. Learn the maps, learn their routes, and learn frequent places for them to migrate across the map. Flank them, come up behind them, and try to gain a strategic map advantage (example- capture points B and C on Blind Watch). DONT CAMP. It comes back to bite you in the end. You will only know how to play one area in the map- not a good thing if spawns flip. Play the game correctly so that you are never out of your comfort zone. Be confident, and know where you are. DO NOT BE AFRAID TO RUN AWAY OR LURE ENEMIES BACK TO YOUR TEAM. 1v2 or more isnt a good plan unless you are prepared. No shame in running to trap your enemies. 4) use crucible effective weapons. Most of the time, certain weapons outperform others. Auto rifles are generally the best crucible weapons. Shotguns and fusion rifles are easy to use and have a high reward rate as well. Machine guns have more potential to kill than rockets. Practice if you want to use other weapons. Even if you want to use weapons that are amazing in crucible, you still need to practice. An auto rifle may be easy to learn, but every weapon takes a margin of skill. Know your weapon well before taking it into PVP. 5) Know your abilities and your class' strong suits. Utilize whatever you have- whether it be amazing warlock grenades and shield melee, cool hunter invisibility and blink, or titan shoulder charge. All classes have their in and outs, ups and downs. Know how to preform well with your build, and try to sync it with your weapons (example- I have blink on my hunter. This syncs with my weapon choice because I use it to confuse shotgun users and get out of too-short-range so I can hammer then with my hand cannon. In the same way, it lets you close distance quickly to use a shotgun (which I personally despise)). 6) keep your cool. Don't rush into battle. Don't rage. Play smart. You're stuck at a .3 kd? Calm down. Play defensive. Hang back for a while. You don't have to rush objectives the whole game. You have 5 other teammates. Keeping a positive K/D ratio is important- it means you helped more than you hurt. 7) have fun! Just keep practicing and learning! It's tough at first! Especially with all the crazy abilities people have in this game! Hopefully OP or someone else found this useful!

I'd like to think I do pretty well in Crucible, and like everyone, was once terrible. I think it's commendable that you ask for tips as well, and I think you'll be quite proficient at it in time. I have a few pointers for ya, bud. 1. 2 guns are better than 1. Stick with a Guardian as often as possible. This is especially effective when you can communicate via Mic and coordinate objectives or team movement. 2. Your radar is a tool, not a crutch. Is it great that you have it? Yes. However, should your eye be glued on it for the majority of the match? No. Make your opponent look for you, not you them. When you see your radar light up, adjust to the direction of the red bar and be sure to be looking down your slights. 3. (Control only, optional) You don't necessarily have to do this, however I've gotten most First Blood medals this way. When in control, I always run for the middle flag. Chances are the majority of your team will capture the closest flag, so you can get an early start in capturing your second flag. I personally cover mid, NOT capturing it, while waiting for team reinforcements. This usually grants me a First Blood medal as finding the right angle for the appropriate map mid flag will allow you to flank unsuspecting opponents. 4. When it comes to heavy ammo, HOLD OFF FROM GRABBING IT AS LONG AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN until at least another Guardian is present with you. 2-4 Guardians with heavy ammo can do WAAAAY more damage than just one who might die in the fire focused on them for having heavy ammo in the first place. This is also a great opportunity to capture a flag if you're short one as you can easily clear a room with a well placed rocket or some MG rounds. Happy hunting, Guardian!