User blog comment:2ks4/Have you planned your Legends?/@comment-4520867-20111015145117/@comment-3455248-20111016005240

The only downsides to passing into Legend are losing your mounts and weapons in Free Roam and losing challenge progress. If you haven't made much progress on those challenges, then you're not losing much. It's more fun to be earning XP and leveling up as you work on the challenges rather than sitting at 50 waiting to complete them, so I always pass into Legend as soon as I can. If you pass into Legend, then focus on those other game modes, those challenges will come very quickly. I didn't really have to try hard to get the golden guns I have so far, I just had to play a lot of FFA, Gang, and Stronghold and they came sort of automatically.

If other players are telling you you suck, try not to let it bother you - you can't get better if you don't practice. In FFA and races they shouldn't care since you aren't on a team. In gang matches if you're dying a lot just try to play more cautiously - hang in the background more and use longer range weapons until you get more confident. You may not get many kills, but you won't get as many deaths either, and that's what matters in the points. In co-op, just hang back a little and follow the lead of the other players (assuming they're more experienced with the maps).

If I remember, I'll send you an invite next time I'm on.