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Destiny 2’s hot PvP Trials tactic this weekend was just jumping off the edge of the mapWhy try when you can just die?
Why try when you can just die?
Over the weekend, hundreds ofDestiny 2players joined its sweatiest PvP mode with the goal of jumping off the edge of the map to die for five straight rounds, ten matches in a row. For many, it was simply the quickest way to earn a much-coveted gun in Trials Of Osiris. I would say this indicates real problems with Trials and D2 PvP in general, but also I’m grateful to the quitters who helped speed my own journey to the prize. Thanks?
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Not wanting to endure the tedium of Trials, or even risk encountering it, many players threw every match, and threw hard. Five matches per round, for ten matches - taking maybe an hour. In a way, I envy them for getting through it so quickly, while I got my teeth kicked in at excruciating length and likewise only have one Messenger to show for it.
One Trials Token short of another prize, may as well have zero - and soon will
I want to like Trials. I’m not amazing at PvP but I play a fair bit and dabble in ranked Competitive. I appreciate serious play and a challenge. And while I don’t think I’ll ever go flawless, I would play Trials most weekends if it wasn’t such a stingy misery.
It’s the combation of: incetivising using the same overpowered gear; matchmaking which puts scrubs like me against people who’ve already gone flawless dozens of times only a fortnight into the season; and extreme loot stinginess. The height of Trials rudeness is offering extra prizes in exchange for tokens earned through wins and bounties, but only giving tokens in minute quantities then deleting unusued ones at the end of the weekend. It feels punitive. No wonder so many Guardians would sooner die than actually play Trials.
