Well I made a post on Reddit seeking some direction. I've about 4 pages of Quests and was feeling a little lost and ovetwhelmed. Got some good info / direction, and a couple of offers to squad up. Ended up in a Fireteam with an experienced Clan that ran me through the quest to get the Worm-something Sniper Rifle. Then we did one of the Raids, the one most people do first they said. Still largely lost as to all the steps that requires, but learned a few things and got a couple more Exotics.
After all that I hopped back in to Comp, and between wins and losses, ended up around 1100 Glory (up from 700). Match-making is such a crap shoot in this game, but I got a couple of decent teams. Bungie's hatred of left handers on PC is still an on-going struggle, but I'm starting to get the muscle memory of these old hands retrained. I'll be glad when I never have to be forced into PvP again.
I can relate to so much of this, especially after hopping in after being afk for about a year . It's so nice to see pvp alternatives, though. Gambit is quite fun, especially because it doesn't force you into pvp directly.